Friday, January 28
Austin, Texas
2 PM
Rice University
vs
SMU
ITA Kickoff Weekend Opens Friday
1/27/2022 5:02:00 PM | Women's Tennis
RIce faces SMU at 2 p.m.
ITA KICKOFF WEEKEND BRACKET
In Brief: The Rice women's tennis team (1-0) will meet SMU in the opening round of the ITA Kickoff Weekend Austin Regional at 2 p.m. Friday at the Texas Tennis Center in Austin, Texas. The winners will face the winner of the Texas-FAU match (11 a.m. Friday) at 2 p.m. on Saturday while the two losers will play a consolation match at the same time.
Background: The Kickoff Weekend, which began in 2009, features 15 regional sites consisting of four teams competing for berths in the ITA National Indoor Championship from February 11-14. The University of Wisconsin will host the women's indoor championship and has automatically qualified for the field of 16. Regional hosts are determined using the final 2021 ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings. Each regional field was determined by a draft held last June where the participating teams selected their destinations.
The Field: Texas (1-0), FAU (2-2), Rice (1-0), SMU (2-0)
ITA National Top 25 (1/22/20): Texas (1)
ITA Individual rankings (final fall results)
Doubles: 13. Charlotte Chavatipon / Kylie Collins, Texas.
Singles: 40. Kylie Collins, Texas; 117. Malaika Rapolu, Texas.
Live scoring: Rice vs. SMU (Saturday TBD)
Video: All Matches
Notable:
Follow the Action:
For the most up-to-date information on Rice Tennis follow the Owls on Twitter @RiceTennis or Instagram @ricewtennis or like Rice Women's Tennis on Faceboo
In Brief: The Rice women's tennis team (1-0) will meet SMU in the opening round of the ITA Kickoff Weekend Austin Regional at 2 p.m. Friday at the Texas Tennis Center in Austin, Texas. The winners will face the winner of the Texas-FAU match (11 a.m. Friday) at 2 p.m. on Saturday while the two losers will play a consolation match at the same time.
Background: The Kickoff Weekend, which began in 2009, features 15 regional sites consisting of four teams competing for berths in the ITA National Indoor Championship from February 11-14. The University of Wisconsin will host the women's indoor championship and has automatically qualified for the field of 16. Regional hosts are determined using the final 2021 ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings. Each regional field was determined by a draft held last June where the participating teams selected their destinations.
The Field: Texas (1-0), FAU (2-2), Rice (1-0), SMU (2-0)
ITA National Top 25 (1/22/20): Texas (1)
ITA Individual rankings (final fall results)
Doubles: 13. Charlotte Chavatipon / Kylie Collins, Texas.
Singles: 40. Kylie Collins, Texas; 117. Malaika Rapolu, Texas.
Live scoring: Rice vs. SMU (Saturday TBD)
Video: All Matches
Notable:
- This is the eighth time in the 14 years of the event that Rice has participated. The Owls are 4-10 in Kickoff Weekend matches, including a 2-5 record in openers. The Owls last win in their opening match was in 2014 when they defeated Florida State before falling to Texas in the second round.
- In their most recent appearance in 2020 at NC State, the Owls fell to the #8 Wolfpack 4-2 in the opener before dropping a 4-2 decision to Oklahoma in the consolation match.
- Victoria Smirnova is 1-1 in her career at the event, while Anna Bowtell, Maria Budin and Anastasia Smirnova are each 1-0 in singles.
- Rice is 18-21 vs. SMU after the Mustangs snapped a three-match winning streak for the Owls with a 4-2 win last April. Rice is 2-22 vs. Texas (2-10 under Elizabeth Schmidt). Rice and FAU have met once, with the Owls winning 4-2 in the semifinals of the 2019 C-USA Championship.
- Eight upcoming Owls dual opponents are participating this weekend (Arizona State, Baylor, Charlotte, FIU, LSU, Texas A&M and Washington) as well as opening round opponent SMU) in addition to fellow C-USA school ODU.
- Rice head coach Elizabeth Schmidt recorded her 200th career win at Rice with the Owls' 6-1 defeat of Lamar in the season opener on January 25. Schmidt is 200-108 since beginning her coaching career at Rice in 2008.
Follow the Action:
For the most up-to-date information on Rice Tennis follow the Owls on Twitter @RiceTennis or Instagram @ricewtennis or like Rice Women's Tennis on Faceboo
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