Owls Face Stern Road Test on Saturday

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In Brief: The 27^th ranked Rice women's tennis team (10-2) will host a combined match with the Rice men against UTA on Thursday at 1 p.m. then head to Austin to take on the second ranked Texas Longhorns at the Texas Tennis Center at noon.

Rankings: The Owls moved up seven spots in the new Oracle/ITA collegiate poll to No. 27, their highest ranking since they were 20^th at the end of the 2014 regular season.

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UTA: The Mavericks are 12-2 this season, coming off a 4-0 loss to upcoming Rice opponent SMU on Tuesday. This is the 12^th meeting all-time between the schools with Rice having won the previous 11. This is the second meeting at GRBTC, with the Owls taking a 4-0 win here in 2019.

Texas: The Longhorns are 14-1 on the season and have won seven straight since falling to #1 North Carolina in the championship match of the ITA Indoor National Championship in early February. They are currently ranked second in both the Oracle/ITA and USTA national polls. Texas will be the highest ranked opponent the Owls faced since No. 2 Stanford took a 5-2 decision over Rice at Jake Hess Tennis Stadium in 2014. Texas leads the overall series 28-2, with both Rice wins coming over the last six meetings. The Owls snapped a 24-match losing streak against Texas with a 4-3 win in 2013 in Austin and three years later picked up their first win against the Longhorns with a 4-3 at GRBTC in 2016.

Ranked Players:
Singles: 26 Anna Turati; 31 Peyton Stearns; 49 Kylie Collins; 90 Lulu Sun; 100 Charlotte Chavatipon.
Doubles: 10 Kylie Collins & Lulu Sun; 60 Peyton Stearns & Charlotte Chavatipon; 80 Anna Turati & Fernanda Labraña.

Owls Notables:

Rice is 9-3 so far this year in the doubles point (9-0 when winning the point).
Rice has seen three members of the Owls win C-USA's Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week this season: Federica Trevisan (Jan. 10), Maria Budin (Feb. 10), Diae El Jardi (March 3).
Trevisan (9-1) leads the Owls in dual singles wins and has won her last eigth decisions while Anna Bowtell has won her last four.
Clinch points: Trevisan (5), Diae El Jardi (3), Anna Bowtell and Michaela Haet (1).

Schedule Update: The Rice women have added a match with Prairie View at 11 a.m. on April 11 as part of a combined dual with the Rice men's team that will also serve as Senior Day.

Next Up: The Owls will be back on the road next weekend, traveling to Miami to take on FIU on Friday and USF on Saturday. The return home the following weekend to wrap up the 2021 home dual schedule with matches against SMU on April 10 and Prairie View on April 11.

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