Rice University
South Alabama
South Alabama Edges Rice, 4-3
3/21/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 21, 2009
The Rice women's tennis team had to wait to get their match with South Alabama underway, then needed nearly six hours to complete their dual, falling to the Lady Jags 4-3 at the Jake Hess Tennis Stadium on the Rice campus.
The match was originally scheduled to start at 3:00 p.m. but was delayed due to the length of the Rice men's match against Texas A&M Corpus Christi, which ended at 4:15 p.m.
The women's doubles competition began even as the men's match was continuing, and the Lady Jags swept all three matches to take the doubles point.
The Owls bounced back to take a 3-1 lead in the match, thanks to wins in singles by Jessica Jackson at No. 4 (6-2, 6-3), Rebecca Lin at No. 5 (6-0, 7-5) and Rebekka Hänle at No. 3 (6-2, 7-5). However South Alabama took the final three singles matches in three sets, two of them with tie-breakers, to take the match.
The Owls will be back on the court next Friday and Saturday when they host Texas Pan American and C-USA rival Tulsa at Jake Hess Tennis Stadium.
Tennis Match Results
University of South Alabama vs Rice
3/21/2009 at Houston, Texas
(Jake Hess Tennis Stadium)
University of South Alabama 4, Rice 3
Singles competition
1. Erica Krisan (USAW) def. Julie Chao (RICE) 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4)
2. Michaela Babicova (USAW) def. Ana Guzman (RICE) 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
3. Rebekka Hänle (RICE) def. Katie Welch (USAW) 6-2, 7-5
4. Jessica Jackson (RICE) def. Parija Maloo (USAW) 6-2, 6-3
5. Rebecca Lin (RICE) def. Sylvanie Spangenberg (USAW) 6-0, 7-5
6. Alina Volman (USAW) def. Varsha Shiva-Shankar (RICE) 7-6 (7-5), 5-7, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Michaela Babicova/Sylvanie Spangenberg (USAW) def. Ana Guzman/Julie Chao (RICE) 8-5
2. Erica Krisan/Katie Welch (USAW) def. Rebecca Lin/Jessica Jackson (RICE) 8-5
3. Parija Maloo/Alina Volman (USAW) def. Rebekka Hänle/Alex Rasch (RICE) 8-6
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