University of Oregon
No. 52 Denver
Ducks Drop Another Ranked Foe
01/31/16 | Men's Tennis
LINCOLN, Neb. – The 46th-ranked Oregon men's tennis team moved to 5-1 on the year with a 4-3 victory over No. 52 Denver Saturday afternoon at the Dillon Tennis Center.
HOW IT HAPPENED: The neutral site match-up between the two programs started off with doubles. The Pioneers (2-2) took the first match at No. 3 when David Fox and Jesse Ruder-Hook won 6-3 over Cormac Clissold and Bartosz Sawicki. The Ducks quickly came back with a huge win at No. 1 when Jayson Amos and Armando Soemarno dismantled 11th-ranked duo Henry Craig and Alex Gasson 6-4. With the first point on the line, Denver was able to clinch it as Diogo Rocha and Yannick James halted Daan Maasland and Simon Stevens' five-match winning streak to win 7-6 (7-2).
In singles, the Ducks tied the match up at 1-all behind a straight set win from Ethan Young-Smith as he dropped Jesse Ruder-Hook 6-0, 7-5 at No. 6. The Pioneers regained the lead as David Fox gave Simon Stevens his first loss of the spring season at No. 3, winning 6-1, 7-6 (7-4).
Sitting in a 2-1 deficit, the Ducks grabbed the next three points to win the match. Cormac Clissold won 6-4, 7-5 over Alex Gasson at No. 5 while Jayson Amos put away Yannik James 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 at No. 4.
Daan Maasland clinched the match in Oregon's favor as he won 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 over 45th-ranked Diogo Rocha at No. 1. With the match already decided, Denver's Henry Craig scored the final point of the day as he won 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5) over Thomas Laurent at No. 2.
QUOTE:
Head Coach Nils Schyllander:
"We put ourselves by putting in a little bit of a hole by playing a passive doubles as some spots and losing some first set in singles, but our guys showed a lot of heart and fought our way back into the match and would not be denied. It was a complete team effort and the guys showed unbelievable fight. It was fitting for our senior, Daan Maasland, to clinch the match at the end."
UP NEXT: Oregon will take on Nebraska tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m. CT (12 p.m. PT).
