Rice University
William & Mary
Tribe Storms Back Against Owls
3/26/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
by Chuck Pool (cpool@rice.edu)
The Rice women's tennis team jumped out to an early advantage, but 37th ranked William and Mary bounced back to down the 54th ranked Owls 5-2 at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut on Saturday.
Rice stormed out to the early lead by grabbing the doubles point, winning 12 of 13 games on courts two and three to take a 1-0 lead. Savannah Durkin and Solomiya Zinko struck first with a 6-1 win on three and Katherine Ip and Emily Smith followed shortly after with a 6-0 win on two, giving Rice a 1-0 lead.
Durkin carried her momentum over into singles, picking up a 6-0, 6-3 win on court four, but The Tribe stormed back to win on the remaining courts to improve to 13-4 on the year.
Rice will close out its weekend trip on Sunday when they face host Yale in a dual with first serves set for 9 a.m. Live video and scoring is available
Tennis Match Results
William & Mary vs Rice
3/26/2016 at New Haven, Ct
(Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center)
#37 William & Mary 5, #54 Rice 2
Singles competition
1. Leeza Nemchinov (WM) def. #103 Lindsey Hodge (RICE) 6-1, 5-7, 6-1
2. Marie Faure (WM) def. Katherine Ip (RICE) 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-5)
3. Lauren Goodman (WM) def.Alison Ho (RICE) 6-3, 6-4
4. Savannah Durkin (RICE) 6-0, 6-3
5. Olivia Thaler (WM) def. Solomiya Zinko (RICE) 6-3, 6-4
6.Maria Groener (WM) def. Fernanda Astete (RICE) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Alison Ho/Lindsey Hodge (RICE) vs. Leeza Nemchinov/Marie Faure (WM) 5-2, unfinished
2. Katherine Ip/Emily Smith (RICE) def. Lauren Goodman/Maria Groener (WM) 6-0
3. Savannah Durkin/Solomiya Zinko (RICE) def. Julia Casselbury/Cecily Wuenscher (WM) 6-1
Match Notes:
William & Mary 13-4; National ranking #37
Rice 7-7; National ranking #54
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (4,5,6,3,1,2)
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