EUGENE, Ore. - The Oregon women's tennis team improved to 4-1 on the season with a 5-2 victory against University of Nevada on Sunday afternoon.

Oregon won the doubles point, inlcuding a solid 8-3 win by Pavlina Smatova and Trudie du Toit.

Singles were hard fought and Patricia Skowronski's No. 5 and Emmanuelle Cor's No. 4 wins were key to capture the 5-2 victory.

"We played two good teams, our first two tough teams of the year," said head coach Paul Reber. "We came up short in one and took the second."

The Ducks will return to Eugene February 19 against Minnesota at 12 p.m.

Final Doubles Scores:

1. Smatova/du Toit (UO) def. Mizyuk/Stevens (Nevada), 8-3

2. Metzger/Fuchs (UO) def. De Vrye/Verberne (Nevada), 8-6

3. Ogata/Laurioux (Nevada) def. Skowronski/Cor (UO), 8-4

Final Singles Scores:

1. Mizyuk (Nevada) def. Metzger (UO), 6-4, 7-5

2. Smatova (UO) def. De Vrye (Nevada), 6-1, 6-1

3. du Toit (UO) def. Verberne (Nevada), 7-6, 6-3

4. Cor (UO) def. Ogata (Nevada), 6-2, 7-6 (7-4)

5. Skowronski (UO) def. Laurioux (Nevada), 6-1, 2-6, 7-6 (7-5)

6. Stevens (Nevada) def. Fuchs (UO), 5-7, 6-4, 6-2