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Owls Race Past Knights, 4-1
3/19/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
March 19, 2011
The 41st ranked Rice Owls opened play in the 53rd Rice Invitational by making quick work of C-USA rice UCF, downing the Knights 4-1 at the Jake Hess Tennis Stadium on Saturday afternoon. In earlier action, South Florida downed Texas A&M Corpus Christi 4-1.
Harry Fowler and Oscar Podlewski combined for three of the Owls four points on the day. The pair combined to clinch the doubles point with an 8-5 win at No. 1 to combine with an 8-1 win by Sam Garforth-Bles and Christian Saravia to give Rice a 1-0 lead.
Fowler, currently ranked 87th in singles, wasted no time in running the lead to 2-0, but winning 16 of 17 games on his way to a straight set win at No. 1. Saravia gave the Owls their second point of the day with a straight set win at No. 4. After Matthew Zachary put UCF on the board with a win at No. 6, Podlewski closed out the match with a 7-6, 6-1 win at No. 2.
The Owls will wrap up play in the 53rd Rice invitational when they meet #60 Texas A&M Corpus Christi tomorrow after the conclusion of the Rice women's match with TCU. UCF and South Florida will meet at 9 am on the Rice Recreation Courts.
Tennis Match Results
UCF vs Rice
3/19/2011 at Houston, TX
(Jake Hess Tennis Stadium)
#41 Rice 4, UCF 1
Singles competition
1. #87 Harry Fowler (RICE) def. Erik Brunskog (UCF) 6-0, 6-1
2. Oscar Podlewski (RICE) def. Blaze Schwartz (UCF) 7-6, 6-1
3. Sam Garforth-Bles (RICE) vs. Claudio Romano (UCF) 7-5, 4-4, unfinished
4. Christian Saravia (RICE) def. Mitch Thams (UCF) 6-1, 6-1
5. Philipp Seifert (RICE) vs. Mario Samson (UCF) 6-2, 2-6, 2-1, unfinished
6. Matthew Zachary (UCF) def. Michael Nuesslein (RICE) 6-4, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Harry Fowler/Oscar Podlewski (RICE) def. Blaze Schwartz/Joe Delinks (UCF) 8-5
2. Michael Nuesslein/Philipp Seifert (RICE) vs. Eugene Dolgovykh/Matthew Zachary (UCF) 6-5, unfinished
3. Sam Garforth-Bles/Christian Saravia (RICE) def. Claudio Romano/Mitch Thams (UCF) 8-1
Match Notes:
UCF 7-10
Rice 11-4; National ranking #41
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (1,4,6,2)
53rd Rice Invitational
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