Rice University
BYU
Rice Swept At No. 29 BYU
3/8/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 8, 2007
PROVO, Utah -- Despite putting up a tough battle, the Rice women were swept 7-0 by No. 29 Brigham Young on Thursday afternoon in dual-match action in Provo, Utah.
The Cougars opened the match by taking the doubles point, then fought off the feisty Owls through many long points in singles for the decision.
Highlighting the day for Rice were Tiffany Lee and Dominique Karas, who both took their first sets. After splitting her first two sets at No. 3, Lee was edged in a tiebreak by Kristina Doerr 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (2). Playing at No. 4, Karas won her first set tiebreak, but couldn't hold on against Chie Hayasaka in a 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 loss.
Rice true freshman Julie Chao had a strong start in her match at the top spot, twice breaking the serve of BYU senior Lauren Jones, before succumbing 6-4, 6-1.
The Owls return home to host Columbia on Friday, March 16 in a 3 pm match at the Jake Hess Tennis Stadium.
Results
No. 29 BYU 7, Rice 0
Doubles
1. Surkova/Jenny Miccoli (BYU) def. Karas/Chao (RU), 8-3
2. Jones/Holden (BYU) def. Lin/Dao (RU), 8-3
3. Doerr/Chang (BYU) def. Lee/Braid (RU), 8-4
Singles
1. Lauren Jones (BYU) def. Julie Chao (RU), 6-4, 6-1
2. Anastasia Surkova (BYU) def. Christine Dao (RU), 6-1, 6-1
3. Kristina Doerr (BYU) def. Tiffany Lee (RU), 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (2)
4. Chie Hayasaka (BYU) def. Dominique Karas (RU), 6-7, 6-3, 6-4
5. Sofia Holden (BYU) def. Rebecca Lin (RU), 6-4, 6-3
6. Dolly Chang (BYU) def. Emily Braid (RU), 6-0, 6-0
Order of Finish: D2, D1, D3, S2, S1, S6, S3, S5, S4
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