Doubles Teams Advance to Regional Semis
10/19/2018 9:32:00 PM | Women's Tennis
The Lead: Rice advanced each of its doubles teams to the semifinal round while Priya Niezgoda picked up a pair of wins in consolation singles to highlight action for the Owls during the second day of the ITA Texas Regional at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center in College Station on Friday.
The Details: Rice improved to 6-0 in doubles play as the tandems of Anna Bowtell/Victoria Smirnova and Michaela Haet/Linda Huang picked up a pair of wins on Friday—including wins over entries from host Texas A&M--to move one step closer to giving Rice the regional doubles title for the second consecutive year (Lindsey Hodge and Wendy Zhang won last year in Fort Worth). Bowtell and Smirnova will face ninth seeds Olivia Peet and Sydney Jones of Texas A&M at 9:30 on Saturday. At the same time, Haet and Huang will face off against North Texas' Tamuna Kutubidze and Maria Kononova in the other semifinal. The championship match is scheduled for 9:30 Sunday morning.
Niezgoda lost only six games over two matches to reach the consolation round of 16. She will face Texas State's Ana Perez at 9:30, looking to advance to the consolation quarters, which will be played at 11:30.
The Results:
Singles
Riley McQuaid (Texas A&M) def. Michaela Haet 6-1, 6-3
Victoria Smirnova def. Dorthea Faa-Hviding (Texas A&M) 7-6, 6-1
Maria Kononova (North Texas) def. Anna Bowtell 6-2, 6-3
Tamuna Kutubidze (North Texas) def. Linda Huang 7-6, 3-6, 1-0
Tamuna Kutubidze (North Texas) def. Victoria Smirnova 6-3, 6-2
Singles Consolation
Priya Niezgoda def. Claudia Islas Medina (Prairie View A&M) 6-2, 6-0
Priya Niezgoda def. Darinka Tiboldi (Stephen F Austin) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles
Anna Bowtell/Victoria Smirnova def. Karla De La Luz Mont/Sahaja Yamalapalli (Sam Houston State) 6-4
Michaela Haet/Linda Huang def. Tatiana Makarova/Jayci Goldsmith (Texas A&M) 6-4
Anna Bowtell/Victoria Smirnova def. Riley McQuaid/Iulia Ivascu (Texas A&M) 6-3
Michaela Haet/Linda Huang def. Phonexay Chitdara/Sophie Gerits (Houston) 6-3
The Goal: Winners in singles and doubles in the regional will advance to the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships from November 7-11, 2018, at the Surprise Tennis & Racquet Complex in Surprise, Arizona, which recently hosted the 2018 NCAA Division II National Championships and previously hosted the 2016 ITA Small College Championships.
The Details: Rice improved to 6-0 in doubles play as the tandems of Anna Bowtell/Victoria Smirnova and Michaela Haet/Linda Huang picked up a pair of wins on Friday—including wins over entries from host Texas A&M--to move one step closer to giving Rice the regional doubles title for the second consecutive year (Lindsey Hodge and Wendy Zhang won last year in Fort Worth). Bowtell and Smirnova will face ninth seeds Olivia Peet and Sydney Jones of Texas A&M at 9:30 on Saturday. At the same time, Haet and Huang will face off against North Texas' Tamuna Kutubidze and Maria Kononova in the other semifinal. The championship match is scheduled for 9:30 Sunday morning.
Niezgoda lost only six games over two matches to reach the consolation round of 16. She will face Texas State's Ana Perez at 9:30, looking to advance to the consolation quarters, which will be played at 11:30.
The Results:
Singles
Riley McQuaid (Texas A&M) def. Michaela Haet 6-1, 6-3
Victoria Smirnova def. Dorthea Faa-Hviding (Texas A&M) 7-6, 6-1
Maria Kononova (North Texas) def. Anna Bowtell 6-2, 6-3
Tamuna Kutubidze (North Texas) def. Linda Huang 7-6, 3-6, 1-0
Tamuna Kutubidze (North Texas) def. Victoria Smirnova 6-3, 6-2
Singles Consolation
Priya Niezgoda def. Claudia Islas Medina (Prairie View A&M) 6-2, 6-0
Priya Niezgoda def. Darinka Tiboldi (Stephen F Austin) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles
Anna Bowtell/Victoria Smirnova def. Karla De La Luz Mont/Sahaja Yamalapalli (Sam Houston State) 6-4
Michaela Haet/Linda Huang def. Tatiana Makarova/Jayci Goldsmith (Texas A&M) 6-4
Anna Bowtell/Victoria Smirnova def. Riley McQuaid/Iulia Ivascu (Texas A&M) 6-3
Michaela Haet/Linda Huang def. Phonexay Chitdara/Sophie Gerits (Houston) 6-3
The Goal: Winners in singles and doubles in the regional will advance to the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships from November 7-11, 2018, at the Surprise Tennis & Racquet Complex in Surprise, Arizona, which recently hosted the 2018 NCAA Division II National Championships and previously hosted the 2016 ITA Small College Championships.
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