Rice University
Texas
Owls Drop 6-1 Decision to Texas
2/8/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
The ninth-ranked Texas men's tennis team raced to a 6-1 win over Rice in a dual match played indoors in Austin on Sunday.
Rice's Adam Gustafsson rebounded from a tiebreak loss in the second set to take a deciding set tiebreaker 10-5 and complete an unbeaten weekend of action. The junior from Jonkoping, Sweden was 2-0 in singles and doubles over the weekend, with two other matches unfinished.
After dropping the doubles point, Texas race to a quick 3-0 lead, but the Owls proved less willing to surrender the clinching fourth point. It took a pair of tie-breaker wins to push the Longhorns over the top and improve to 7-0 on the season. Rice fell to 5-5.
The Owls will be back on the road next weekend, facing LSU in a dual on Sunday in Baton Rouge with first serves set for noon.
Tennis Match Results Rice vs Texas 2/8/2015 at Austin, Texas (Weller Indoor Tennis Center)
#9 Texas 6, Rice 1
Singles competition
Doubles competition #51 Lloyd Glasspool/Søren Hess-Olesen (TEXAS) def. Max Andrews/David Warren (RICE) 6-3 Adrien Berkowicz/George Goldhoff (TEXAS) def. Srikar Alla/Jamie Malik (RICE) 6-2 Adrian Ortiz-Ruiz/Michael Riechmann (TEXAS) vs. Adam Gustafsson/Gustavo Gonzalez (RICE) 4-5, unfinished
Match Notes: Rice 5-5 Texas 7-0; National ranking #9 Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (1,2,3,5,6,4)
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