Women’s tennis opened the spring season this past weekend at the Indiana Winter Invitational in Bloomington, Ind.
The tournament began on Saturday and the Ducks finished their final matches this morning.
On day one Oregon grabbed six victories, with Lana Buttner and Nicole Long each winning in both singles and doubles play.
Long defeated Monica Lin of Harvard in straight-sets, 6-1, 6-1. Buttner beat Amanda Lin of Harvard, 6-4, 6-4.
Tennis twins Allie and Kadie Hueffner both picked up wins in singles.
“Doubles was good for us today going 3-1 and having two teams advance to the quarterfinals,” head coach Paul Reber told GoDucks.com. “We are still working out the combinations we want so to have a couple teams play well is certainly moving in the right direction.”
The Ducks weren’t as successful on day two of the tournament and won only six of 16 matches on Sunday.
The Hueffner sisters, along with Sofia Hager, were the only Ducks to grab wins in the singles play on day two.
A. Hueffner beat Danielle Mirda of Harvard 6-0, 6-4 and K. Hueffner was successful against Mary Beth King of Indiana 6-2, 6-2.
Hager beat Amy He of Harvard in a tiebreaker 2-6, 6-2 (10-5).
Oregon struggled in doubles, losing both their matches in the winners’ bracket.
Unfortunately for the Ducks, this morning’s matches did not go in Oregon’s favor.
The team lost all three of their matches on the tournament’s last day.
Nicole Long and Jasmine Minor lost to Amanda Lin and Spencer Liang of Harvard 6-2. The Hueffner’s dropped their final match to Marquette’s Erin Gebes and Rocio Diaz 6-4. Hager and Marlou Kluiving suffered a tough loss to Hannah Morill and June Lee of Harvard in a tiebreak 7-6.
Oregon’s home-opener against South Carolina Upstate is this Friday at 4 p.m. The Ducks will face Eastern Washington on Sunday at 11 a.m. Both matches will take place at the Student Tennis Center on campus.
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