Saturday, March 23
PRINCETON, NJ
Noon
Rice University
6
vs
1
The College of William & Mary
Photo by: Maria Lysaker - Rice University
Tiebreak Success Sparks Owls
3/23/2019 4:49:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Rice downs William & Mary 6-1
The Lead: The Rice women's tennis team flipped the script from Friday's loss to Princeton, sweeping the tiebreaker sets in singles on their way to a 6-1 win over William & Mary at Jadwin Gymnasium on the campus of Princeton University on Saturday.
Doubles: Rice grabbed the initial point thanks to wins at the second and third lines. 57th ranked Anastasia Smirnova and Priya Niezgoda clinched the point with a 6-4 win the second line.
Singles: Rice captured all six first sets of singles, but needed three tiebreak wins to do so. In their loss to Princeton on Friday, the Owls dropped a pair of tiebreakers in the opening sets of singles. Michaela Haet and Anastasia Smirnova upped the lead to 3-0 with straight set wins while Victoria Smirnova needed a tiebreak win in her second set to deliver the clinch point. Niexzgoda and Anna Bowtell rode the momentum of their tiebreaks in the first set to close out their matches in straight sets to round out the scoring.
Up Next: The Owls will return to competition on April 5 when they open a weekend homestand that features the final regular season home duals when they host USF. The homestand concludes on Sunday, April 7 when they host defending C-USA Champion FIU for Senior Day.
Doubles: Rice grabbed the initial point thanks to wins at the second and third lines. 57th ranked Anastasia Smirnova and Priya Niezgoda clinched the point with a 6-4 win the second line.
Singles: Rice captured all six first sets of singles, but needed three tiebreak wins to do so. In their loss to Princeton on Friday, the Owls dropped a pair of tiebreakers in the opening sets of singles. Michaela Haet and Anastasia Smirnova upped the lead to 3-0 with straight set wins while Victoria Smirnova needed a tiebreak win in her second set to deliver the clinch point. Niexzgoda and Anna Bowtell rode the momentum of their tiebreaks in the first set to close out their matches in straight sets to round out the scoring.
Up Next: The Owls will return to competition on April 5 when they open a weekend homestand that features the final regular season home duals when they host USF. The homestand concludes on Sunday, April 7 when they host defending C-USA Champion FIU for Senior Day.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,2
#1 Singles Match
12
Natalia Perry / 0 [WMW]
33
66
#2 Singles Match
12
Rosie Cheng / 0 [WMW]
26
67
#3 Singles Match
12
Clara Tanielian / 0 [WMW]
31
66
#4 Singles Match
12
Mila Saric / 0 [WMW]
61
76
#5 Singles Match
12
Lauren Goodman / 0 [WMW]
62
76
#6 Singles Match
123
Charlotte Madson / 0 [WMW]
661
730
Order of Finish:
1,3,2,4,5,6
Players Mentioned
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