Comeback Bid Comes Up Short

Sunday, March 24

Eugene, OR

11:00 AM

University of Oregon

Arizona

03/24/24 | Women's Tennis

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EUGENE, Ore. – Trailing 3-0 to 41^st-ranked Arizona, the No. 61 Oregon women's tennis team battled within a point of the Wildcats with two singles victories, but ultimately fell 4-2 on Sunday at the Student Tennis Center.

Freshman Candela Aparisi earned the Ducks' first team point of the day with her 7-5, 6-3 win over Teja Tirunelveli on court six, putting the score at 3-1 in favor of Arizona. The remaining three singles matches then each went on to a decisive third set.

Jo-Yee Chan's 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 win at No. 3 trimmed UO's deficit to one at 3-2 with Sophie Luescher and Uxia Martinez Moral still battling in a third set in their respective matches.

Luescher earned a split after dropping the opening set to 98^th-ranked Reece Carter, but Carter pulled out the deciding victory 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. Martinez Moral trailed 4-2 in the third set after she bounced back from a 6-3 first-set loss to win the second, 7-5.

The Ducks (9-7, 0-4) fell behind after the Wildcats (12-9, 1-4) took a tightly contested doubles point. The Cats' top duo of Carter and Brandelyn Fulgenzi earned a 6-2 win on court one over Martinez Moral and Tilde Jagare. The point was clinched when Belen Bevenhoven and Martyna Ostzygalo outlasted Chan and Luescher at second doubles, 7-5.

It marked the second straight match, and just the sixth time this season, that Oregon has dropped the doubles point.

Aparisi collected her third consecutive singles victory and second straight Pac-12 win. For Chan, she earned her team-leading 11^th singles win of the spring and third in conference action, and has won seven of her last nine matches overall.

Six of Oregon's seven losses this season have come against teams currently ranked in the ITA's top-75 poll.

The Ducks finish their home slate next weekend as the Washington schools visit the Student Tennis Center. UO will take on Washington on Friday (1:30 p.m.) and will hold Senior Day on Sunday against Washington State at 11 a.m.

Match #16
Oregon vs. Arizona
3/24/2024 at Eugene, Ore.
(Student Tennis Center)

#41 Arizona 4, #61 Oregon 2

Singles competition
1. #98 Reece Carter (ARIZ) def. Sophie Luescher (ORE) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
2. Kayla Wilkins (ARIZ) def. Nina Geissler (ORE) 6-2, 6-3
3. Jo-Yee Chan (ORE) def. Martyna Ostrzygalo (ARIZ) 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
4. Uxia Martinez Moral (ORE) vs. Midori Castillo-Meza (ARIZ) 3-6, 7-5, 2-4, unfinished
5. Brandelyn Fulgenzi (ARIZ) def. Karin Young (ORE) 6-4, 6-3
6. Candela Aparisi (ORE) def. Teja Tirunelveli (ARIZ) 7-5, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. Reece Carter/Brandelyn Fulgenzi (ARIZ) def. Tilde Jagare/Uxia Martinez Moral (ORE) 6-2
2. Belen Nevenhoven/Martyna Ostrzygalo (ARIZ) def. Jo-Yee Chan/Sophie Luescher (ORE) 7-5
3. Candela Aparisi/Karin Young (ORE) vs. Teja Tirunelveli/Kayla Wilkins (ARIZ) 5-5, unfinished

Match Notes:
Arizona 12-9, 1-4; National ranking #41
Oregon 9-7, 0-4; National ranking #61
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (5,2,6,3