The Otago men were beaten by Taranaki in the morning round at the Russley club, while the Otago women fell by the same score to Waikato at Harewood.
It could have been worse for the men as they were battling to stay in all five matches at the turn.
Otago No 3 Duncan Croudis came home with a wet sail, beating Ryan Rooney 5&4, while Troy Scott celebrated his New Zealand interprovincial debut debut with a 2-up win over Brodie Ferguson at No 2.
Fellow debutant Ricky Kang was beaten 2-up, and both Will McLauchlan and Phil Bungard had 2&1 losses.
Yoonae Jeong, stepping up to No 1 this year in the absence of Sumin Kang, gave Otago a great start against the Waikato women with a 2-up win over Gemma Towers.
Youngster Sophia Park also impressed at the foot of the order with a 4&3 demolition of Alison Glover.
The damage was done in the middle, however, as Amber Boyce, Anahera Koni and Abigael Crawford all got beaten.
The Otago men had the bye yesterday afternoon.
Otago’s women struck a powerful Canterbury lineup in the afternoon and fell to a 4-1 loss to the home side.
Jeong and Koni each halved their matches.
The Otago women have the bye this morning and play Auckland at Russley this afternoon, while the Otago men are at Harewood to play Canterbury and Manawatu-Whanganui.
The Southland men opened with a 3-2 loss to Manawatū-Whanganui but bounced back with a 4-1 win over Waikato.
