Final Home Weekend, Senior Day on Tap for Ducks

EUGENE, Ore. – The Oregon women's tennis team is prepped for its final home weekend of the season, as the Ducks host No. 32 Iowa on Friday (11 a.m.) before Senior Day festivities on Sunday against 73^rd-ranked Nebraska (9 a.m.) at the UO Student Tennis Center.

MATCH #21
Oregon (8-12, 1-10) vs. No. 32 Iowa (12-8, 6-5)
When: Friday, April 18 | 11 a.m.
Where: Student Tennis Center (Eugene, Ore.)
Promotion: Big Ten shoelaces and bottle openers
Live Stats

MATCH #22 – SENIOR DAY
Oregon (8-10, 1-8) at No. 58 Michigan State (12-9, 4-6)
When: Sunday, April 20 | 9 a.m.
Where: Student Tennis Center (Eugene, Ore.)
Promotion: Senior Day / donuts
Video (if indoors)| Live Stats

Prior to Sunday's regular-season finale, the Ducks will recognize seniors Marjorie Souza and Karin Young.

In their last outing, the Ducks nearly pulled off an upset of No. 58 Michigan State last Sunday, pushing the match to its final point in a 4-3 defeat. UO got singles wins from freshman Patsy Daughters and Young in addition to the doubles point.

For Daughters, the win marked her 10^th singles win of the dual season to match Tilde Jagare for the team lead. Young is up to eight singles wins while playing every match at the No. 2 spot in the lineup.

Jagare and doubles partner Juliet Santitto have primarily played at the top doubles spot in the lineup this spring, picking up their sixth win of the season against Michigan State. Candela Aparisi and Souza also have six doubles victories this spring.

Twelve of Oregon's 13 Big Ten opponents have been ranked in the ITA's top 75, including both No. 32 Iowa and 73^rd-ranked Nebraska. The Hawkeyes feature two singles players in the latest ITA rankings in No. 108 Daianne Hayashida and No. 119 Tereza Dejnozkova. Dejnozkova and partner Nikita Vishwase make up the 68^th-ranked doubles pair in the country.

The Hawkeyes enter the weekend having dropped three of their last four matches, including a pair of losses last weekend to No. 22 UCLA and No. 16 USC. Oregon is 4-3 all-time against Iowa after a 4-3 win in Iowa City last season.

The Cornhuskers have lost three straight matches and four of their last five overall – all coming to ranked teams. Nebraska has claimed two of the three all-time meetings with UO, with the last matchup coming in 1995.

All matches at the Student Tennis Center are free to attend and open to the public. Follow Oregon women's tennis on Twitter and Instagram (@OregonWTennis) with live results available at Oregon.statbroadcast.com.