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Luescher Earns All-Pac-12 Honors
05/04/22 | Women's Tennis
EUGENE, Ore. – Oregon freshman Sophie Luescher received second-team All-Pac-12 recognition while Karin Young and Myah Petchey each earned honorable mention recognition from the conference Wednesday.
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Luescher is just the third different Duck since 2007 to earn first or second team all-conference honors while her selection to the all-league team is the 39th in program history. She is also the ninth freshman in school history to earn a spot on an all-conference team and just the second since the conference did away with all-league teams for the two separate divisions in 1998.
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The Seengen, Switzerland native went 20-9 in singles play while going 13-7 in the dual season at the No. 1 spot. She is one of six freshmen in program history to win at least 20 singles matches in a season while the Ducks are 11-2 in dual matches when Luescher wins her singles match.
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Luescher has a pair of wins over ITA ranked opponents, topping No. 43 Margaux Maquet of Charlotte in January and No. 124 Linda Huang of Utah in April. The Ducks' No. 1 player clinched a win over Arizona State in March with a 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 win over Giulia Morlet, giving UO a 4-3 win over the No. 25 Sun Devils. Luescher has played all but two of her doubles matches at the No. 1 spot and is 8-6 on the dual season in pairs play.
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Young joined the team in January and has gone 17-2 in singles, highlighted by a 15-match winning streak from February through April. The freshman went on a 15-match singles winning streak from February through April, good for the longest stretch by a Duck since at least 2000. She lost just two sets during her winning streak and has dropped only eight singles sets all season. Â
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Petchey spent the entire dual season at the No. 2 spot and is 15-11 on the year in singles play. She went up against five ranked opponents during conference play while going 8-9 overall in dual matches, with UO going 8-0 when she won her singles match. Petchey clinched a big win over Wisconsin on Feb. 5, winning 5-6, 6-4, 6-1 to finish off a key 4-3 nonconference victory. Â
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Luescher is just the third different Duck since 2007 to earn first or second team all-conference honors while her selection to the all-league team is the 39th in program history. She is also the ninth freshman in school history to earn a spot on an all-conference team and just the second since the conference did away with all-league teams for the two separate divisions in 1998.
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The Seengen, Switzerland native went 20-9 in singles play while going 13-7 in the dual season at the No. 1 spot. She is one of six freshmen in program history to win at least 20 singles matches in a season while the Ducks are 11-2 in dual matches when Luescher wins her singles match.
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Luescher has a pair of wins over ITA ranked opponents, topping No. 43 Margaux Maquet of Charlotte in January and No. 124 Linda Huang of Utah in April. The Ducks' No. 1 player clinched a win over Arizona State in March with a 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 win over Giulia Morlet, giving UO a 4-3 win over the No. 25 Sun Devils. Luescher has played all but two of her doubles matches at the No. 1 spot and is 8-6 on the dual season in pairs play.
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Young joined the team in January and has gone 17-2 in singles, highlighted by a 15-match winning streak from February through April. The freshman went on a 15-match singles winning streak from February through April, good for the longest stretch by a Duck since at least 2000. She lost just two sets during her winning streak and has dropped only eight singles sets all season. Â
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Petchey spent the entire dual season at the No. 2 spot and is 15-11 on the year in singles play. She went up against five ranked opponents during conference play while going 8-9 overall in dual matches, with UO going 8-0 when she won her singles match. Petchey clinched a big win over Wisconsin on Feb. 5, winning 5-6, 6-4, 6-1 to finish off a key 4-3 nonconference victory. Â
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