Rice University
David Kent Invitational
Singles Opens Strongly at David Kent Invitational
11/4/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
By Chuck Pool (cpool@Rice.edu) -
The Rice women's tennis team swept to wins in six of seven singles matches to highlight action in the first day of play in Texas A&M's David Kent Invitational at the Mitchell Tennis Center in College Station on Friday.
Rice won all five matches against players from TCU while splitting a pair against players from Stephen F. Austin in the round robin format. In doubles action the Owls dropped two of three against the host Aggies.
Katherine Ip, Lindsey Hodge, Savannah Durkin and Alison Ho all won their matches against TCU in straight sets while Wendy Zhang shook off a first set loss to win in three sets. Priya Niezgoda picked up a straight set win vs. Stephen F. Austin while Fernanda Astete dropped a three-set match.
Singles Results:
Katherine Ip over Seda Arantekin, TCU 6-4, 6-0
Wendy Zhang over Donika Bashota, TCU 2-6,6-2,6-2
Lindsey Hodge over Alexis Pereira, TCU 6-3, 6-0
Savannah Durkin over Sofiko Kadzhaya, TCU 7-5,6-1
Alison Ho over Madison Tedford, TCU 6-4,6-3
Denise Maxl, SFA over Fernanda Astete, 6-1,1-6,6-3
Priya Niezgoda over Vanesa Pardo, SFA 6-4,4-1 ret
Doubles
Rutuja Bhosale & Rachel Pierson, A&M over Ip & Niezgoda, 6-2
v Zhang & Ho over Domenica Gonzalez & Eva Paalma, A&M, 7-5
Tina Bokhua & Stefania Hristov, A&M over Durkin & Astete, 6-2
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