UO Falls 4-2 at No. 47 Utah
SALT LAKE CITY – Facing its second straight ranked opponent to open Pac-12 play, the 55th-ranked Oregon women's tennis team dropped a 4-2 decision at No. 47 Utah Sunday at the Eccles Tennis Center.
The Ducks (8-5, 0-2) won the first two singles matches after dropping the doubles point to take a 2-1 lead. Utah (9-3, 1-0) responded with three straight singles wins to claim its fifth straight win and hand UO its second straight defeat. Three of the six singles matches went to a third set.
For the second straight match, and just the fourth time this season, UO failed to clinch the doubles point. The Utes claimed wins at first and third doubles, with Jo-Yee Chan and Sophie Luescher going unfinished with a 5-4 lead at No. 2 doubles when the point was decided.
Chan's 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 2 leveled the score at one point apiece. The win was Chan's second straight and fourth at the second spot in the lineup, as well as her ninth of the spring.
Candela Aparisi's three-set comeback victory gave the Ducks a 2-1 lead. Aparisi overcame a 3-6 first-set loss by winning the next two sets 6-1, 6-4 for her fourth singles win of her freshman campaign.
Facing the nation's 75th-ranked player in Marcela Lopez at the top position in the order, Luescher battled from a 3-6 first-set loss to force a third set with a 6-2 win in set two, Lopez took home the win with a 6-4 win in the third to put the Utes in front 3-2.
UU reclaimed the lead with Ana Cruz's 7-6 (5), 6-3 win at six singles. The match was decided with Kat Lyman's 7-6 (7), 6-4 win at fourth singles. Uxia Martinez Moral's match on court three was unfinished in the third set.
The Ducks return to Eugene Saturday for their final nonconference match against Portland (1 p.m. PT).
Match #13
Oregon at Utah
3/8/2024 at Salt Lake City, Utah
(Eccles Tennis Center)
#47 Utah 4, #55 Oregon 2
Singles competition
1. #75 Marcela Lopez (UTAH) def. Sophie Luescher (ORE) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
2. Jo-Yee Chan (ORE) def. Kaila Barksdale (UTAH) 6-3, 6-3
3. Uxia Martinez Moral (ORE) vs. Yuhan Liu (UTAH) 6-4, 4-6, 4-3, unfinished
4. Kat Lyman (UTAH) def. Karin Young (ORE) 7-6 (7), 6-4
5. Candela Aparisi (ORE) def. Sara Akid (UTAH) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
6. Ana Cruz (UTAH) def. Tilde Jagare (ORE) 7-6 (5), 6-3
Doubles competition
1. Ana Cruz/Marcela Lopez (UTAH) def. Tilde Jagare/Uxia Martinez Moral (ORE) 6-2
2. Jo-Yee Chan/Sophie Luescher (ORE) vs. Samantha Horwood/Kat Lyman (UTAH) 5-4, unfinished
3. Sara Akid/Kaila Barksdale (UTAH) def. Candela Aparisi/Karin Young (ORE) 6-4
Match Notes:
Utah 9-3, 1-0
Oregon 8-5, 0-2
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (2,5,1,6,4)