Rice University
VCU
Owls Blank Rams
4/2/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
by Chuck Pool (cpool@rice.edu) -
RICHMOND, VA-The 47th ranked Rice women's tennis team closed out an unbeaten weekend swing in Virginia by blanking the VCU Rams, 4-0 at the Thalhimer Tennis Center on Sunday.
With the Rams only able to field five players, the Owls only needed to pick up one win in doubles to pick up the first point of the day, which Lindsey Hodge and Wendy Zhang provided with a 6-2 win. After picking up a default point at the sixth singles position, the Owls closed out the final two clinching points with wins by Zhang and Alison Ho.
Rice head coach Elizabeth Schmidt said she was pleased to see her team not let the circumstances impact their performance on the courts.
"I thought our team did a nice job staying focused today," Schmidt said. "It was good to get all those first sets in singles and then carry the momentum to the finish line."
The win improved the Owls season mark to 12-5 and closes out their regular season road schedule. They will wrap up the 2017 spring schedule with a three-match homestand that opens when they host USF at 1 p.m. on Friday.
Rice vs VCU 4/2/2017 at Richmond, VA
(Thalhimer Tennis Center)
#47 Rice 4, VCU 0
Singles competition
1. Magda Aubets (VCU) vs. #98 Lindsey Hodge (RICE) 5-7, 0-1, unfinished
2. Darya Berezhnaya (VCU) vs. #101 Katherine Ip (RICE) 3-6, 0-5, unfinished
3. Wendy Zhang (RICE) def. Gabriela Araujo (VCU) 6-2, 6-1
4. Noumea Witmus (VCU) vs. Fernanda Astete (RICE) 4-6, 2-3, unfinished
5. Alison Ho (RICE) def. Isabella Camargo (VCU) 6-4, 6-0
6. (RICE) def. (VCU), by default
Doubles competition
1. #70 Lindsey Hodge/Wendy Zhang (RICE) def. Magda Aubets/Darya Berezhnaya (VCU) 6-2
2. Gabriela Araujo/Noumea Witmus (VCU) vs. Savannah Durkin/Katherine Ip (RICE) 2-5, unfinished
3. (RICE) def. (VCU), by default
Match Notes:
Rice 12-5; National ranking #47
VCU 12-7
Order of finish: Doubles (1); Singles (6,3,5)
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