Cowgirl tennis: Rojas leads OSU to win against Oregon

Gina Foster Staff Reporter

Saturday kicked off the opening weekend of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association at the Greenwood Tennis Center.

The Cowgirls took advantage of being in front of their own fans and finished the day 4-0 against the Oregon Ducks.

OSU started off successfully as it earned the doubles point and then played substantially well in the singles, winning all but one of the teams’ first sets. The doubles matches were slightly more strenuous, as new teammates are learning to work together and match each others’ level. Enhancing skillset is simply the objective when matching and preparing the doubles teams.

“I was really happy with the improvement we made,” said coach Chris Young. “We put a big emphasis on that and I think it’s going to be really important tomorrow. Ayumi is doing such a good job with Lucia because she has tons of potential, but to have somebody who’s a two-time All-American as a partner helps out a lot.”

Sophomore Sofia Rojas was victorious in her match against Oregon’s Ares Teixido Garcia, 6-1 and 6-3. This was a great contribution to the Cowgirl win and helped Rojas show the consistency that is to come during this season. She even improved significantly enough to move from courts five and six to playing on court three.

“I felt really confident with the home crowd, so I think my match went really well, especially the first set. When Garcia started picking up I was able to regroup and keep playing,” Rojas said. sports.ed@ocolly.com