Rice University
Louisville
Cards Clip Owls, 4-3
3/14/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 14, 2009
The Rice women's tennis team battled the Louisville Cardinals to a draw in singles, but that was not enough to overcome the loss of the doubles point as the Owls dropped a 4-3 decision on the road at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center on Louisville campus on Saturday.
"We had some good individual results today in singles," Rice head coach Elizabeth Schmidt said. "But as a team, we need to do a better job stepping up at key moments," she added.
After dropping the doubles point, the Owls picked up wins in singles at No. 1 where Julie Chao won in straight sets (6-2, 7-5) as did Rebecca Line at No. 5 (6-2, 6-2). Their final point came in the No. 4 match where Rebecca Hanle won a tie-breaker 10-6 after trading 7-5 decisions in the first two sets.
But the Cardinals grabbed the other three singles points to raise their record to 7-6, while the Owls fell to 9-6.
. "I know the team is disappointed with today's result and they are all looking forward to getting back out there next Saturday against South Alabama," Schmidt said. "We are also excited to be back playing on our home courts after several weeks on the road," she concluded.
The Owls will host South Alabama at 3:00 on Saturday at the Jake Hess Tennis Stadium.
Tennis Match Results
Rice vs Louisville
3/14/2009 at Louisville, Kentucky
(Bass-Rudd Tennis Center)
Louisville 4, Rice 3
Singles competition
1. Julie Chao (RICE) def. Lindsey Jones (LVILLE) 6-2, 7-5
2. Bianca Gorbea (LVILLE) def. Ana Guzman (RICE) 6-1, 6-4
3. Lauren Imre (LVILLE) def. Jessica Jackson (RICE) 6-2, 6-3
4. Rebekka Hänle (RICE) def. Natalia Baez (LVILLE) 7-5, 5-7, 1-0 (10-6)
5. Rebecca Lin (RICE) def. Jo-Ann Van Aerde (LVILLE) 6-2, 6-2
6. Sarah Miller (LVILLE) def. Alex Rasch (RICE) 6-3, 7-6 (7-2)
Doubles competition
1. Bianca Gorbea/Natalia Baez (LVILLE) def. Julie Chao/Ana Guzman (RICE) 8-1
2. Lindsey Jones/Jo-Ann Van Aerde (LVILLE) def. Jessica Jackson/Rebecca Lin (RICE) 9-8 (7-4)
3. Lauren Imre/Amelia Harris (LVILLE) def. Rebekka Hänle/Alex Rasch (RICE) 8-6
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