{"id":564214,"date":"2026-03-25T21:57:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T21:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/564214\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T21:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T21:57:16","slug":"ducks-host-illinois-northwestern-at-stc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/564214\/","title":{"rendered":"Ducks Host Illinois, Northwestern at STC"},"content":{"rendered":"

EUGENE, Ore. \u2013 The 53rd-ranked Oregon women’s tennis team returns home to the UO Student Tennis Center for its penultimate home weekend, as the Ducks host No. 52 Illinois on Friday (2 p.m.) before a Sunday contest with No. 60 Northwestern (11 a.m.).
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\nOregon (10-6, 2-3) moved up 11 spots in the latest ITA rankings after a 4-2 road win at then-41st-ranked Iowa last weekend. Including this weekend, the Ducks will have faced a ranked opponent in 10 of their last 11 matches while winning four matches against the nation’s top 75.
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\nMATCH #18

\nNo. 53 Oregon (11-6, 2-3) vs. No. 52 Illinois (8-7, 4-1)
\nWhen: Friday, March 27 | 2 p.m.
\nWhere: UO Student Tennis Center (Eugene, Ore.)
\nPromotion: $100 Dave’s Hot Chicken Gift Card Raffle \/ Oregon Tennis Hat Raffle
\nLive Stream<\/a>\u00a0(indoors only)
\nLive Stats<\/a><\/p>\n

MATCH #19

\nNo. 53 Oregon (11-6, 2-3) vs. No. 60 Northwestern (10-6, 3-2)

\nWhen: Sunday, March 29\u00a0 | 11 a.m.

\nWhere: UO Student Tennis Center (Eugene, Ore.)

\nPromotion: BeOregon Match

\nLive Stream<\/a>\u00a0(indoors only)

\nLive Stats<\/a>

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\nThrough 17 dual matches, UO has compiled a 49-25 overall singles record while its doubles teams are a combined 29-11. Seven players in the Ducks’ singles lineup boast winning records, including a 12-3 mark from sophomore Bridget Mihulka<\/a>, an 8-4 record from junior Tilde Jagare<\/a> and a 7-4 record from redshirt senior Olivia Symons<\/a>.

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\nJagare has played every match at the top spot in the lineup and has tallied one ranked singles victory to go with a pair of ranked doubles wins along with her partner in Symons. Jagare and Symons are 11-5 this spring while going 3-1 in Big Ten play at the top spot in the lineup.<\/p>\n

Oregon’s freshman doubles duo of Hadley Appling<\/a> and Virginia Crocker<\/a> are a team-best 6-2 so far this spring, playing at the third position with Hinata Furutani<\/a> and Juliet Santitto<\/a> going 9-2. The Ducks have picked up the doubles point in 14 of 17 dual matches.

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\nThe Fighting Illini have won three straight matches, and five of their last six, after 4-1 home wins over No. 61 Purdue and No. 69 Indiana last weekend. McKenna Schaefbauer leads her team with an 8-3 dual record and is ranked 29th in the latest ITA singles rankings. UI’s doubles tandem of Alice Xu and Tess Bucher come into the weekend as the nation’s 90th-ranked doubles duo.

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\nNorthwestern is coming off back-to-back wins, also against Indiana and Purdue, have won three of its last four matches. The Wildcats suffered a close 4-3 to Illinois on March 14. NU features the country’s 27th-ranked doubles team in Margot Phanthala and Erica Jessel, while Phanthala checks in at No. 87 in the ITA singles rankings.

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\nThe Ducks are 1-3 all-time against Illinois after suffering a 4-1 loss a season ago in Champaign. Oregon and Northwestern have split two matches all-time, with the Wildcats claiming a 4-0 win in Evanston last season.

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

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