The Ducks close out their home non-conference schedule this Saturday when they host Fresno State at 11 a.m. in the Student Tennis Center. Oregon boosts a 12-1 record and is currently riding an eight-match winning streak.

WHAT TO WATCH FOR

The Ducks have been lights out at home this year and will look to keep their perfect record in the Student Tennis Center intact. Against Minnesota last Friday, head coach Nils Schyllander, said his team played their most complete match of the season and the doubles were the best they've been all year.

Oregon will need to continue that strong play in the final two weeks of the non-conference season. Fresno State comes into Saturday's match with just a 4-7 record, but it did knock off No. 72 Arizona on the road on Saturday, snapping a five-match losing streak.

The Bulldogs have beaten two ranked opponents this year, besting No. 65 San Francisco in the ITA Kickoff Regional as well as the Wildcats.

IN THE RANKINGS

With a commanding 6-1 win over reigning Big Ten Champion Minnesota last Friday, the Ducks are back up to No. 20 in this week's ITA team rankings, matching the highest ranking ever in program history.

After starting the season at No. 49, UO has steadily climbed up the rankings thanks to its 12-1 start.

In singles, senior Daan Maasland moved up one spot to No. 70 after he collected a straight set win over Minnesota's Matic Spec at No. 1.

In doubles, Jayson Amos and Armando Soemarno jumped up 19 spots to No. 18.

MAASLAND COLLECTS CONFERENCE HONOR

For the first time in his career senior Daan Maasland was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week on March 7. It's the first time a Duck has been honored this season and Maasland garnered the award after he helped Oregon win its eighth straight match.

Maasland won both his singles and doubles matches handily against Minnesota last Friday. Maasland and partner Simon Stevens won 6-1 over Matic Spec and Jeremy Lynn at the No. 2 doubles spot, clinching the first point of the match in Oregon's favor. Maasland then followed that up with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Spec at the top spot in singles.

DOMINANT IN DOUBLES

Coming into the 2016 dual-match season, head coach Nils Schyllander knew his team would be strong in doubles and his prediction has proven to be correct. The Ducks have gone 21-8 in doubles during dual-match play and sport a 43-14 overall record, good for a .754 winning percentage.

Jayson Amos and Armando Soemarno are riding a four-match winning streak and have gone 6-1 at the top spot this spring, moving them up to No. 18 in the ITA doubles rankings.

Daan Maasland and Simon Stevens boost an 11-2 record, competing a majority of the time at the No. 2 spot and rounding out the line-up is Cormac Clissold and Thomas Laurent who have won their last six matches after dropping their first match together.

HOME COURT ADVANTAGE

Historically, the Ducks have been tough to beat at home and that remains true for this year as well as Oregon is 8-0 in the Student Tennis Center and riding an nine-match winning streak dating back to last year's home finale victory over Washington.

UO is outscoring its opponents 52-4 at home this year and since 2012, the Ducks are 52-10 in Eugene and winning over 83 percent of their matches.

Four home matches remain on the schedule after Saturday's contest against Fresno State. UO will face a tough challenge on the opening weekend of Pac-12 play, hosting No. 6 UCLA on March 25 and No. 15 USC on March 27.

LAST TIME OUT

In the lone match of the weekend, the Ducks buried Minnesota, 6-1, Friday night in the Student Tennis Center. Oregon came out strong in doubles, picking up wins at Nos. 2 and 3 to claim the first point of the match.

Cormac Clissold and Thomas Laurent won their sixth straight match as they downed Josip Krstanovic and Justyn Levin 6-1 at No. 3. Daan Maasland and Simon Stevens followed that up with a 6-1 victory of their own at No. 2 to clinch the point.

In singles, UO quickly picked up three straight-set wins to seal the win. Stevens struck first in singles play, dropping Krstanovic, 6-1, 6-3, at No. 3 to push his win streak to six. No. 71 Maasland added to the Oregon advantage with a 6-2, 6-3 win in the top singles spot.

It was Clissold that clinched the match for the Ducks. After taking the first set handily, 6-1, over Minnesota's Felix Corwin, Clissold was pushed to a tiebreaker to decide the second set. Corwin hung tough the first few points, but Clissold ultimately took the tiebreaker, 7-3, to take the set and the match.

The Gophers got on the board when Minnesota's Marino Alpeza defeated Ethan Young-Smith in a 6-3, 6-4 match on No. 6.

Oregon dealt two final blows to the Gophers with wins from Jayson Amos and Thomas Laurent. Amos picked up a 6-3, 6-4 win over Justyn Levin at No. 4 before Laurent finished off Ruben Weber, 7-6(2), 6-2, in the second spot.

DUCKS MAKE HISTORY IN RANKINGS

In the Feb. 23 ITA team rankings, the Ducks were placed at No. 20, marking the highest ranking ever in program history. The last time Oregon was ranked in the Top 25 was on March 18, 2014 when the Ducks were slotted at No. 24. UO was ranked 37th in the Feb. 17 rankings and then earned two commanding wins over ranked opponents in Indiana and Boise State, propelling them up to No. 20. “It's nice to see the fruits of our daily labor pay off,” head coach Nils Schyllander said. “But we will all need to stay focused and go about our daily grind with the same focus and intensity that we've been doing all year. The season is a marathon, not a sprint.”

RECORD WATCH

Starting the dual-match season off at 10-2 in singles and 11-2 doubles, senior Daan Maasland has 75 career singles wins tying him with Daniel Sardu at No. 3 on the all-time wins list. At doubles, Maasland has recorded 64 career victories moving into a tie with Manual Kost for No. 4 on the list.

Junior Jayson Amos, who has won 24 and 23 singles matches during his previous two seasons, is 11-1 in dual-matches and has moved past Lee Kirner for 6th all-time on the singles victory list. At doubles, Amos has 44 wins and needs one more victory to move into a tie with Pat Jennings at No. 12.

BUILDING BLOCKS OF SUCCESS

Now entering his 10th season at the helm of the Oregon men's tennis program, Nils Schyllander has elevated the Ducks to a new level of success. Since the Pac-10 became the Pac-12 in 2011, Schyllander's teams have gone 88-46 and won over 65 percent of their matches. Last year's team finished fifth in the conference, the highest conference finish in 15 years. This year, Schyllander hopes to build upon the success of past seasons and push his team to secure a post-season berth for the second time in three years.

DUCKS FLYING HIGH

With a 12-1 record, the Ducks are off to one of the best starts in school history. The 2014 team went 14-1 in non-conference play and won 11 straight for the hottest start in Oregon tennis history. This year's team would need to win on Saturday against the Bulldogs and then on March 22 at Drake to match that record.