If there’s one thing the No. 3 Stanford women’s tennis team can forget about this season, it’s playing on the road.

Without doing so, the Cardinal women would still be perfect.

But this weekend, Stanford will travel to Eugene, Ore. for its final away match of the regular season against No. 46 Oregon.

“I think we’re really excited about it — only one match on the road which is really nice,” senior Celia Durkin said. “We need to focus on one match and one match only. It’s great to have our last road match coming up before NCAA’s and get it out of the way.”

This season, Stanford is 5-3 on the road and 2-1 on neutral grounds. All four of their losses have come away from the Farm, where they are a perfect 130-0 in the last eight years.

The Cardinal women are coming off an emotionally draining three-game homestand in which they successfully defended their homecourt against Pac-10 rivals Southern California and UCLA.

Their most recent victory came in a 7-0 shutout of No. 44 Sacramento State, in which fatigue had seemingly permeated from the outset of the match.

“Sacramento State has some good players on their team and they came ready to go,” Durkin said. “USC and UCLA were really competitive matches and it takes a bit of time to regroup from that. For me personally, coming out took a bit of time to regroup from the excitement of the weekend.”

Nonetheless, the Cardinal women appear rejuvenated for a title run after a disappointing loss to Arizona State over Spring Break.

The match-up against Oregon will be one of three final matches before Stanford heads into postseason play.

Following the Pac-10 Championships in Ojai, Stanford will see if they are one of 16 schools selected to host the NCAA tournament.

Certainly, a homecourt advantage in NCAA’s will certainly favor the Cardinal.

The team is currently 26-0 in NCAA Tournament matches played at the Taube Family Tennis Stadium.

“It’s always nice to play at home and it’ll definitely cheer us up and give us confidence,” Durkin said. “I don’t think it’s too big of a factor. It’s nice to play at home because you don’t have to travel but we can play just as hard and do just as well on the road.”

This year, the Ducks have undergone an even more drastic roster change than Stanford.

With five freshmen on the squad, Oregon has had an average year with a 10-10 overall record and a 3-3 mark in conference play.

Last year, Stanford demolished the Ducks 7-0 despite missing then-sophomore Jessica Nguyen from the lineup.

Coming into last year’s match-up, Oregon had cracked the top 30 in rankings.

This year, Oregon has had an up-and-down season. After two straight wins against the ranked Washington State and Washington, the Ducks were blanked against USC and UCLA.

Oregon is led by freshman Celine Rolly, the lone ranked player on the squad at No. 78.

“Oregon is a strong squad who beat Washington pretty badly,” Durkin said. “We never take a team lightly. I think that we’re definitely getting up for it and they have good players, but we have total confidence that we’re going to beat them.”

Though the Cardinal lineup has undergone much change from past years, it appears to be as strong as ever, with the top four contributing to major wins in the last week.

Playing at the No. 1 spot, freshman Hilary Barte has been tearing up the competition with a 14-0 win streak, earning her Pac-10 Player of the Week honors.

Following Barte is Nguyen, who has shown a re-emergence of form after an injury left her without her two-handed backhand for weeks.

Senior Celia Durkin and sophomore Lindsay Burdette round off the top four with solid play. Durkin is fresh off of an inspired comeback against UCLA’s Andrea Remynse.

For now, things appear to be in the Cardinal’s favor.

“The team morale is great,” Durkin said. “I think we’re pretty solid right now. We’re settling in which is a good time to do it right before NCAA’s.”