Sunday, February 9
Houston
12:00 PM
2
at
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Rice
Tennis drops match at Rice
2/9/2020 2:38:00 PM | Women's Tennis
HOUSTON — The Sam Houston State tennis team fell 5-2 on the road to Rice at the George R. Brown Tennis Center Sunday morning.
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Juniors Sahaja Yamalapalli and Roos Gerritsen won their singles matches to highlight the action for the Bearkats (4-4).
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In No. 1 singles, Yamalapalli bounced back from her first loss of the season Friday at SMU to defeat Rice's Victoria Smirnova in straight sets 6-4, 6-1. She is now 7-1 on the season.
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Gerritsen look Linda Huang's best shot in No. 5 singles. She outlasted Huang 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 (10-8).
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In No. 2 singles, sophomore Isidora Zivkovic fell to Michaela Haet 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), and senior Lusine Chobanyan lost to Priya Niezgoda 6-1, 6-4 at No. 3.
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Freshman Emma Goedkoop dropped her No. 4 singles match to Anna Bowtell 6-2, 6-4, and sophomore Petra Kaszas fell to Maria Budin 6-1, 6-0 at No. 6.
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The Owls won at No. 2 and 3 doubles 6-0 to take the doubles point.
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The Bearkats return to action Friday when they travel to San Antonio to play UTSA at 2 p.m.
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Juniors Sahaja Yamalapalli and Roos Gerritsen won their singles matches to highlight the action for the Bearkats (4-4).
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In No. 1 singles, Yamalapalli bounced back from her first loss of the season Friday at SMU to defeat Rice's Victoria Smirnova in straight sets 6-4, 6-1. She is now 7-1 on the season.
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Gerritsen look Linda Huang's best shot in No. 5 singles. She outlasted Huang 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 (10-8).
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In No. 2 singles, sophomore Isidora Zivkovic fell to Michaela Haet 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), and senior Lusine Chobanyan lost to Priya Niezgoda 6-1, 6-4 at No. 3.
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Freshman Emma Goedkoop dropped her No. 4 singles match to Anna Bowtell 6-2, 6-4, and sophomore Petra Kaszas fell to Maria Budin 6-1, 6-0 at No. 6.
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The Owls won at No. 2 and 3 doubles 6-0 to take the doubles point.
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The Bearkats return to action Friday when they travel to San Antonio to play UTSA at 2 p.m.
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,2
#1 Singles Match
12
66
Victoria Smirnova / 0 [RICE]
41
#2 Singles Match
12
36
Michaela Haet / 0 [RICE]
67
#3 Singles Match
12
14
Priya Niezgoda / 0 [RICE]
66
#4 Singles Match
12
24
Anna Bowtell / 0 [RICE]
66
#5 Singles Match
123
741
Linda Huang / 0 [RICE]
560
#6 Singles Match
12
10
Maria Budin / 0 [RICE]
66
Order of Finish:
6,4,3,1,5,2
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