Senior Day Sweet for Ducks

Sunday, April 12

Eugene, OR

10 a.m.

University of Oregon

Minnesota

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04/12/26 | Women's Tennis

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Ducks rally for 4-3 win over Minnesota on Senior Day.

EUGENE, Ore. – In its final home match of the 2025-26 season, the Oregon women's tennis team put together a comeback to remember on Senior Day in a 4-3 victory over Minnesota at the UO Student Tennis Center.

After a slow start to the day, the Ducks (12-11. 3-8) found themselves down 2-0 after the Golden Gophers stole the doubles point and picked up a straight-set singles win. Add to it that Minnesota won the first set on three other singles courts, and it looked like it may not be the Ducks' day.

UO's top two singles players – junior Tilde Jagare and senior Olivia Symons – got the Ducks started with straight set wins on courts one and two, respectively. Symons, who is the team's lone senior that was honored before the match, snapped a four-match slide and turned in her career-best eighth singles win of the dual season.

Playing her second straight match at No. 6, Juliet Santitto overcame a 6-1 first-set loss to take the next two sets, 7-6 (5), 6-0, to put the Ducks in front 3-2. But a three-set victory on court three leveled the match with just one match still in progress.

The Oregon women's tennis team takes on Minnesota at the UO Student Tennis Center on April 12, 2026.

Sophomore Patsy Daughters, playing at No. 4, forced a third set with a 7-5 win in the second after dropping the opening frame by the identical score. Daughters closed out the match and collected the decisive team point with her 6-2 third-set victory over Minnesota's Sofia Pinto.

During doubles play to begin the day, UO's No. 2 duo of Hinata Furutani and Santitto picked up a 6-2 win, their team-leading sixth doubles win in Big Ten play. Jagare and Symons, playing on centre court, battled back from a 5-0 deficit to force their set into extra games, but fell 7-5 in the decisive doubles match.

The victory snapped Oregon's six-match skid while its 12 dual wins mark the most in a single season since winning 15 in 2021-22. Ten of Oregon's 11 losses have come against teams ranked inside the nation's top 60. As a team, Oregon boasts a 59-43 combined dual singles record while going 33-22 in doubles play.

The Ducks head out on the road for their final weekend of the regular season, visiting Ohio State on Friday and Penn State on Sunday.

The Oregon women's tennis team takes on Minnesota at the UO Student Tennis Center on April 12, 2026.

Match #23
No. 65 Oregon vs. Minnesota
4/12/2026 at Eugene, Ore.
(Student Tennis Center)

No. 65 Oregon 4, Minnesota 3

Doubles:

Jeselle Ante/Sofia Pinto (MINN) def. No. 80 Tilde Jagare/Olivia Symons (ORE) 7-5
Hinata Furutani/Juliet Santitto (ORE) def. Arina Valitova/Anlin Xie (MINN) 6-2
Nora Knezevic/Mia Liepert (MINN) def. Virginia Crocker/Bridget Mihulka (ORE) 6-3