Friday, April 23
Charlotte, NC
9 AM
Rice University
vs
Old Dominion
C-USA Championship Opens Friday
4/22/2021 11:59:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Rice faces ODU at 9 a.m.
In Brief: The Rice men's tennis team (9-11) open play in the 2021 Conference USA Men's Tennis Championship on Friday when the seventh-seeded Owls take on #2 seed Old Dominion in quarterfinal action. First serves are set for 9 a.m. (central) at the Halton-Wagner Tennis Complex in Charlotte, North Carolina
The Schedule: Friday's winners will advance to Saturday's semifinals at 11 a.m. to determine the teams who will meet on Sunday at 10 a.m. for the C-USA title.
In the Championship: Rice is 24-11 at the C-USA tournament and has won three championships since its first appearance in 2006 (2010, 2016-17). The Owls have appeared in in nine championship matches, the most of any current C-USA school. The Owls total ties Tulsa (2006-2014) for the most in the history of the event.
Seedings: The top seed has reached the championship match in each of the last 17 C-USA tournaments (10-7), but has lost the last two and three of the last five. Third seeded USF defeated No. 2 Tulane in 2002 in the last title match without the top seed. Prior to 2003 when Tulane defeated TCU, the top seed had never won the title (0-4). Defending champion Middle Tennessee became the third #3 seed to win the conference title when they defeated top seeded FAU in 2019. No team seeded lower than third has ever won the C-USA Men's Tennis title.
First Timers: Three of the last five C-USA champions have been first time winners (Middle Tennessee 2019, ODU 2018, UTSA 2015).
Career records vs. C-USA and at the C-USA Championship (singles/doubles):
Mohamed Abdel-Aziz (8-3/3-4; 1-1/0-1)
Wes Barnett (2-2/1-2; 0-0/0-0)
Jacob Eskeland (3-8/2-10; 1-2/1-1)
Trinity Grear (0-3/1-2; 0-0/0-0)
Adam Oscislawski (2-1/0-1; 0-1/0-0)
Conrad Russell (4-2/6-5; 0-0/0-2)
Campbell Salmon (2-6/3-2; 0-1/0-1)
Sumit Sarkar (8-3/8-3; 1-0/1-1)
AJ Valenty (0-0/0-2; 0-0/0-0)
Rice in the Rankings:
75 Conrad Russell and Sumit Sarkar, Rice (doubles).
Notable:
For the most up-to-date information on Rice Tennis follow the Owls on Twitter @RiceTennis or Instagram @ricemtennis or like Rice Men's Tennis on Facebook.
The Schedule: Friday's winners will advance to Saturday's semifinals at 11 a.m. to determine the teams who will meet on Sunday at 10 a.m. for the C-USA title.
In the Championship: Rice is 24-11 at the C-USA tournament and has won three championships since its first appearance in 2006 (2010, 2016-17). The Owls have appeared in in nine championship matches, the most of any current C-USA school. The Owls total ties Tulsa (2006-2014) for the most in the history of the event.
Seedings: The top seed has reached the championship match in each of the last 17 C-USA tournaments (10-7), but has lost the last two and three of the last five. Third seeded USF defeated No. 2 Tulane in 2002 in the last title match without the top seed. Prior to 2003 when Tulane defeated TCU, the top seed had never won the title (0-4). Defending champion Middle Tennessee became the third #3 seed to win the conference title when they defeated top seeded FAU in 2019. No team seeded lower than third has ever won the C-USA Men's Tennis title.
First Timers: Three of the last five C-USA champions have been first time winners (Middle Tennessee 2019, ODU 2018, UTSA 2015).
Career records vs. C-USA and at the C-USA Championship (singles/doubles):
Mohamed Abdel-Aziz (8-3/3-4; 1-1/0-1)
Wes Barnett (2-2/1-2; 0-0/0-0)
Jacob Eskeland (3-8/2-10; 1-2/1-1)
Trinity Grear (0-3/1-2; 0-0/0-0)
Adam Oscislawski (2-1/0-1; 0-1/0-0)
Conrad Russell (4-2/6-5; 0-0/0-2)
Campbell Salmon (2-6/3-2; 0-1/0-1)
Sumit Sarkar (8-3/8-3; 1-0/1-1)
AJ Valenty (0-0/0-2; 0-0/0-0)
Rice in the Rankings:
75 Conrad Russell and Sumit Sarkar, Rice (doubles).
Notable:
- Rice is 12-8 so far this year in the doubles point (9-3 when winning the point) and has a combined dual doubles mark of 27-20.
- Clinch points: Jacob Eskeland and Adam Oscislawski (2), Mohamed Abdel-Aziz, Wes Barnett, Trinity Grear, Conrad Russell and Sumit Sarkar (1).
For the most up-to-date information on Rice Tennis follow the Owls on Twitter @RiceTennis or Instagram @ricemtennis or like Rice Men's Tennis on Facebook.
Players Mentioned
/ Men's Tennis
/ Men's Tennis
/ Men's Tennis
/ Men's Tennis
/ Men's Tennis
/ Men's Tennis
/ Men's Tennis
/ Men's Tennis
/ Men's Tennis
/ Men's Tennis
WBB: Rice vs. Marshall Postgame Presser
Wednesday, March 09
VB: Rice-Texas Postgame Presser
Saturday, December 04
VB: Rice-San Diego Postgame Presser
Thursday, December 02