Friday, April 5
Houston, Texas
10: 00 AM
Rice University
4
vs
1
Southern Miss
Rice Grounds Golden Eagles in Opening Match of C-USA Showcase
4/5/2019 4:02:00 PM | Men's Tennis
HOUSTON — Rice raced out to a quick 3-0 lead before Mohamed Abdel-Aziz clinched the match, as the Owls (11-11, 1-0) defeated Southern Miss (8-7, 0-2) in the first match of the C-USA Showcase, 4-1.
Doubles: Rice took an early lead on Court 1 as Sumit Sarkar and Conrad Russell jumped out to a 4-1 lead. USM's Ronit Bisht and Jorman Reyes pulled to within 4-3, but the Owls won the next two points to earn the victory. Seconds later, Eric Rutledge and Campbell Salmon clinched the doubles points for Rice with a 6-1 victory over Matthieau Peres and Youssef Tamimount.
Singles: Sumit Sarkar and Campbell Salmon wasted no time in staking Rice to a 3-0 lead as Sarkar defeated Ronit Bisht, 6-3, 6-1 and Salmon took out Youssef Tamimount, 6-0, 6-2. Southern Miss got on the board with a win on Court 2, but Mohamed Abdel-Aziz won a hard fought tiebreak in the first set on Court 3, 7-6 (3) before clinching the match for Rice with a 6-3 second set victory.
Efe Ustundag: We got off to a good start with doubles. I thought we came out with a solid energy and took care of it quickly. It translated early on into good play in singles. It's always great when you can get a quick point on the board. In our case, it happened very quickly, back-to-back, to get it to 3-0 and we were up a set on all the courts. So it puts a lot of pressure on the opponent. It was a good job by (Mohamed Abdel-Aziz), coming back from set point down to take that first set. I thought he actually played a clean second set after that. I'm happy to get this one over with. It's a long weekend. We'll take care of our bodies and get ready for tomorrow's match."
Up Next: The C-USA Showcase continues tomorrow at 2 p.m. from the George R. Brown Tennis Center. Rice will take on UAB while UTSA and Southern Miss will face off.
Doubles: Rice took an early lead on Court 1 as Sumit Sarkar and Conrad Russell jumped out to a 4-1 lead. USM's Ronit Bisht and Jorman Reyes pulled to within 4-3, but the Owls won the next two points to earn the victory. Seconds later, Eric Rutledge and Campbell Salmon clinched the doubles points for Rice with a 6-1 victory over Matthieau Peres and Youssef Tamimount.
Singles: Sumit Sarkar and Campbell Salmon wasted no time in staking Rice to a 3-0 lead as Sarkar defeated Ronit Bisht, 6-3, 6-1 and Salmon took out Youssef Tamimount, 6-0, 6-2. Southern Miss got on the board with a win on Court 2, but Mohamed Abdel-Aziz won a hard fought tiebreak in the first set on Court 3, 7-6 (3) before clinching the match for Rice with a 6-3 second set victory.
Efe Ustundag: We got off to a good start with doubles. I thought we came out with a solid energy and took care of it quickly. It translated early on into good play in singles. It's always great when you can get a quick point on the board. In our case, it happened very quickly, back-to-back, to get it to 3-0 and we were up a set on all the courts. So it puts a lot of pressure on the opponent. It was a good job by (Mohamed Abdel-Aziz), coming back from set point down to take that first set. I thought he actually played a clean second set after that. I'm happy to get this one over with. It's a long weekend. We'll take care of our bodies and get ready for tomorrow's match."
Up Next: The C-USA Showcase continues tomorrow at 2 p.m. from the George R. Brown Tennis Center. Rice will take on UAB while UTSA and Southern Miss will face off.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,3
#1 Singles Match
12
Ronit Bisht / 0 [USM]
31
66
#2 Singles Match
12
Jorman Reyes / 0 [USM]
66
32
#3 Singles Match
12
Chung-Han Tsai / 0 [USM]
63
76
#4 Singles Match
123
Matthieu Peres / 0 [USM]
640
73UF
#5 Singles Match
12
Youssef Tamimount / 0 [USM]
02
66
#6 Singles Match
1234
Panji Setiawan / 0 [USM]
3610
611UF
Order of Finish:
1,5,2,3
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