No. 39 Ducks Take on Eighth Consecutive Ranked Team
This Week: The No. 39 Ducks (7-2, 0-0 Pac-10) welcome the No. 48 Boise State Broncos (6-1, 2-0 WAC) to the Student Tennis Center on Saturday at 1 p.m. The Broncos are the eighth consecutive ranked team that the Ducks will have faced.
Scouting Boise State: Boise State made a huge jump in the polls this week after handing then-No. 38 New Mexico their first loss of the season and also defeating No. 65 Kansas State. The Broncos have been led by the bottom of their lineup this year, with the lower three positions combining for a 19-2 record in dual matches.
Senior Tiffany Coll is undefeated on the year from the No. 5 nd No. 6 positions while Stacey Houseley is 6-1 playing all her matches save one out of the No. 4 position. Klaudia Wlodarczyk also has tasted defeat only once playing in the bottom half.
Boise State’s No. 1 position has been in a bit of flux recently as senior Polina Kokoulina and freshman Bianca Jochimsen have split time at the top, combining for a 5-9 record in the top two spots.
Ducks vs. Broncos: The Ducks narrowly defeated the Broncos, 4-3 in their meeting last year at the STC. The Ducks lost the doubles point, winning only one of three matches, but were able to rally to win four singles matches for the team victory.
Dominika Dieskova closed out the match in thrilling fashion, as the Broncos tied the match late leaving only Dieskova on court needing a break to win the match. The Bratislava, Slovakia native got the break the Ducks needed, taking the match 6-3, 7-5 and cementing the victory.
Carmen Seremeta, Claudia Hirt and Anna Leksinska were the other victorious Ducks on the afternoon. Hirt defeated Tiffany Coll, 7-6, 6-1 and Seremeta defeated Alanah Carroll 6-1, 6-3.
LAST TIME OUT: The Ducks won comfortably over the Washington State Cougars, 6-1, in a non-conference dual match at the Student Tennis Center. The Ducks swept the doubles point and proceeded to take five of the six singles matches on the afternoon.
The bottom of the lineup sealed the match for the Ducks early, running of two straight set wins, as Monica Hoz de Vila rolled Bianca Selaru, 6-1, 6-3, and Claudia Hirt bested Ashley Spicer 6-3, 6-4.
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