Haet Closes Unbeaten Weekend in Orlando
1/13/2019 3:24:00 PM | Women's Tennis
The Lead: Michaela Haet completed an unbeaten weekend in singles as Rice took four of seven singles matches from No. 16 Kansas to close out action in the Orlando Invitational at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida on Sunday.
The Details: Haet shook off a tiebreak loss in the first set to down the Jayhawks Malkia Ngounoue 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 to finish with a 3-0 mark on the weekend. Linda Huang, Anastasia Smirnova and Victoria Smirnova each picked up two wins over the weekend for the Owls who finished 12-8 in singles, 3-2 against ranked opponents.
Elizabeth Schmidt: "This weekend was exactly what we needed at this point. A lot of hard fought matches out there again today. We grew as a team and now we will get back to the practice court on Tuesday to continue the process."
Sunday Results:
Doubles
Alana Smith/Alana Smith (NC State) def. Michaela Haet/Diae El Jardi (Rice) 6-2
Priya Niezgoda/Anastasia Smirnova (Rice) def. Adriana Reami/Amanda Rebol (NC State) 7-5
Liz Norman/Bianca Moldovan (NC State) def. Victoria Smirnova/Linda Huang (Rice) 6-3
Fernanda Astete/Anna Bowtell 6-3 def. Natalia Nikolopoulou/Dylan Cannon (NC State) 6-3
Singles
Michaela Haet def. Malkia Ngounoue (Kansas) 6-7, 6-3, 6-4
#34 Janet Koch (Kansas) def. Victoria Smirnova 7-5, 6-4
#70 Nina Khmelnitckaia (Kansas) def. Priya Niezgoda 6-3, 6-3
Anastasia Smirnova def. Maria Toran Ribes (Kansas) 7-6, 6-1
Anna Bowtell def. Julia Deming (Kansas) 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
Sonia Smagina (Kansas) def. Diae El Jardi 6-2, 6-0
Linda Huang def. Lana Rush (Texas Tech) 7-6, 62-0
Up Next: The Owls open their 2019 dual season at home on Saturday, January 19 when they host Lamar at noon.
The Details: Haet shook off a tiebreak loss in the first set to down the Jayhawks Malkia Ngounoue 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 to finish with a 3-0 mark on the weekend. Linda Huang, Anastasia Smirnova and Victoria Smirnova each picked up two wins over the weekend for the Owls who finished 12-8 in singles, 3-2 against ranked opponents.
Elizabeth Schmidt: "This weekend was exactly what we needed at this point. A lot of hard fought matches out there again today. We grew as a team and now we will get back to the practice court on Tuesday to continue the process."
Sunday Results:
Doubles
Alana Smith/Alana Smith (NC State) def. Michaela Haet/Diae El Jardi (Rice) 6-2
Priya Niezgoda/Anastasia Smirnova (Rice) def. Adriana Reami/Amanda Rebol (NC State) 7-5
Liz Norman/Bianca Moldovan (NC State) def. Victoria Smirnova/Linda Huang (Rice) 6-3
Fernanda Astete/Anna Bowtell 6-3 def. Natalia Nikolopoulou/Dylan Cannon (NC State) 6-3
Singles
Michaela Haet def. Malkia Ngounoue (Kansas) 6-7, 6-3, 6-4
#34 Janet Koch (Kansas) def. Victoria Smirnova 7-5, 6-4
#70 Nina Khmelnitckaia (Kansas) def. Priya Niezgoda 6-3, 6-3
Anastasia Smirnova def. Maria Toran Ribes (Kansas) 7-6, 6-1
Anna Bowtell def. Julia Deming (Kansas) 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
Sonia Smagina (Kansas) def. Diae El Jardi 6-2, 6-0
Linda Huang def. Lana Rush (Texas Tech) 7-6, 62-0
Up Next: The Owls open their 2019 dual season at home on Saturday, January 19 when they host Lamar at noon.
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