EUGENE, Ore. - The Portland State women's tennis team opened their season this afternoon against Oregon and turned a new leaf. Though the Vikings were downed by the Ducks, 7-0, they battled hard and grinded out their matches.

Freshman Marina Todd, in her duel collegiate debut, fought admireably with Oregon's Molly McDevitt at No. 6. After dropping her first set 6-3, Todd bounced back in the second and defeated by the same 6-3 score. After pushing the match to the distant third set, she would 6-0 to McDevitt and leave the Duck remembering her name.

The Viks return to action Jan. 29 for a match at Lewis & Clark and will follow up on Jan. 30 with their home-opener against UC Davis at Club Green Meadows.

Doubles
No. 1: Smatova/Stueckemann (UO) def. Sugiyama/Dalkin (PSU) 8-4
No. 2: Cavan/McDevitt (UO) def. Stocking/Pellicano (PSU) 8-3
No. 3: du Toit/Neubert (UO) def. Vadali/Todd (PSU) 8-2

Singles
No. 1: Pavlina Smatova (UO) def. Yuki Sugiyama (PSU) 6-3, 6-4
No.2: Julia Metzger (UO) def. Anya Dalkin (PSU) 6-3, 6-2
No. 3: Trudie du Toit (UO) def. Caitlin Stocking (PSU) 6-0, 6-0
No. 4: Rabea Stueckemann (UO) def. Marti Pellicano (PSU) 6-0, 6-2
No. 5: Pascale Neubert (UO) def. Nayantara Vadali (PSU) 6-0, 7-5
No. 6: Molly McDevitt (UO) def. Marina Todd (PSU) 6-3, 3-6, 6-0