Friday, April 19
Houston, Texas
10 am
Rice University
vs
Middle Tennessee
Owls Open C-USA Title Chase on Friday
4/18/2019 11:16:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Face Middle Tennessee at 10 a.m. on Friday
The Rice women's tennis team will be on familiar ground hoping to return to familiar territory this weekend as the Owls begin their quest for a seventh Conference USA Championship at the George R. Brown Tennis Center on Friday.
This marks the third time Rice has hosted the championship, the second at GRBTC which has also hosted the C-USA men's championship twice since it debuted for the 2015 dual season.
The 41st ranked Owls (13-7) will face Middle Tennessee at 10 a.m. on Friday. The Blue Raiders advanced to Friday's quarterfinals with a 4-1 win over Louisiana Tech on Thursday.
Admission is free to the championship. Fans should park in the Greenbriar Lot on Friday and in West Lot 3 on both Saturday and Sunday.
Rice has won five of the last six conference titles and played in the last seven championship matches. The Owls enter play as the second seed behind 37th ranked Old Dominion. The Monarchs also begin play at 10 a.m. on Friday, taking on UTSA. The Roadrunners advanced in the longest match on Thursday's opening round, outlasting Southern Miss 4-2.
This is the fourth time the Owls have entered the C-USA tournament as the second seed. They dropped a 4-2 decision to Tulsa in 2012, but turned the tables on Tulsa two years later, taking a 4-2 decision. The Owls were again the second seed in 2016 and took the title by downing top-seeded FIU 4-1.
The Owls have won a conference-best six women's tennis titles since capturing their first in the Owls inaugural campaign in the conference in 2005-06. The stunned the conference field by winning the title as the seventh seed, the lowest seed to win the event.
They won five consecutive titles from 2013-2017, matching Houston's men's golf team as the only teams to win five consecutive postseason championships in any C-USA sport. The Owls streak ended last year in Norfolk, Virginia as FIU downed Rice, 4-3.
The Owls and Panthers have met in the last three title matches, but the defending champions entered play as the fourth seed. They advanced to the quarterfinals with a 4-1 win over FIU. They will face North Texas at 2 p.m. Third seeded FAU rolled past WKU on Thursday and will face Charlotte, a 4-0 winner over Marshall, also at 2 p.m.
Friday's winners will meet in the semifinals on Saturday at noon and the 2019 Conference USA champion will be crowned at 10 a.m. on Sunday.
This marks the third time Rice has hosted the championship, the second at GRBTC which has also hosted the C-USA men's championship twice since it debuted for the 2015 dual season.
The 41st ranked Owls (13-7) will face Middle Tennessee at 10 a.m. on Friday. The Blue Raiders advanced to Friday's quarterfinals with a 4-1 win over Louisiana Tech on Thursday.
Admission is free to the championship. Fans should park in the Greenbriar Lot on Friday and in West Lot 3 on both Saturday and Sunday.
Rice has won five of the last six conference titles and played in the last seven championship matches. The Owls enter play as the second seed behind 37th ranked Old Dominion. The Monarchs also begin play at 10 a.m. on Friday, taking on UTSA. The Roadrunners advanced in the longest match on Thursday's opening round, outlasting Southern Miss 4-2.
This is the fourth time the Owls have entered the C-USA tournament as the second seed. They dropped a 4-2 decision to Tulsa in 2012, but turned the tables on Tulsa two years later, taking a 4-2 decision. The Owls were again the second seed in 2016 and took the title by downing top-seeded FIU 4-1.
The Owls have won a conference-best six women's tennis titles since capturing their first in the Owls inaugural campaign in the conference in 2005-06. The stunned the conference field by winning the title as the seventh seed, the lowest seed to win the event.
They won five consecutive titles from 2013-2017, matching Houston's men's golf team as the only teams to win five consecutive postseason championships in any C-USA sport. The Owls streak ended last year in Norfolk, Virginia as FIU downed Rice, 4-3.
The Owls and Panthers have met in the last three title matches, but the defending champions entered play as the fourth seed. They advanced to the quarterfinals with a 4-1 win over FIU. They will face North Texas at 2 p.m. Third seeded FAU rolled past WKU on Thursday and will face Charlotte, a 4-0 winner over Marshall, also at 2 p.m.
Friday's winners will meet in the semifinals on Saturday at noon and the 2019 Conference USA champion will be crowned at 10 a.m. on Sunday.
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