Clinching Point To Upset Stanford Capped 'Emotional Roller Coaster'

The redemptive power of athletics was on full display for the Oregon women's tennis team last week.

As crushing as defeat can be, it provides an opportunity to learn and to grow. To bounce back. As they headed to Washington this week for the final weekend of the regular season, few appreciate that better than the members of the UO women's tennis program, and in particular freshman Uxia Martinez Moral.

Oregon headed north this week fresh off an unprecedented win over Stanford, in which Martinez provided the point that clinched the victory. Just two days earlier, she had the chance to do the same against California, and came up short.

From the lowest of lows to the highest of highs, Martinez…