Saturday, October 1
Cary, North Carolina
Rice University
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ITA Women’s All-American Championships
Budin and El Jardi Edged in Round of 16
10/6/2022 3:08:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Four Owls Open Play at HEB Invite in Waco on Friday
In Brief: Maria Budin and Diae El Jardi dropped a tightly-contested battle with South Carolina's Ayana Akli and Sarah Hamner in the second round of the doubles main draw at the ITA Women's All-American Championships in Cary, North Carolina on Thursday.
The Details: Looking to advance to the quarterfinals on Budin's birthday, the Rice duo found themselves locked in a tight battle. They dropped the first set in a tiebreaker but rebounded with a 6-4 win in the second set to force a deciding super set tiebreaker, which stayed true to the tone of the first two sets. The teams traded the lead several times before Akli and Hamner earned the advancement with a 12-10 win.
ITA Women's All-American Championship
10/1-9/2022 at Cary, North Carolina (Cary Tennis Park)
Doubles
#60 Ayana Akli/Sarah Hamner (South Carolina) def. #16 Maria Budin/Diae El Jardi (Rice) 7-6, 4-6, 12-10
Up Next: Rice will send four players (Marte Lambrecht, Saara Orav, Federica Trevisan and Allison Zipoli) to Waco this weekend to compete in the HEB Fall Invitational. The hidden dual format will open play on Friday with teams facing one school in doubles in the morning, followed by singles matches against another team in the afternoon. In addition Baylor and Rice, the event will also feature players from Texas, Texas Tech, and Tennessee. The first round of doubles begins at 9 a.m. on Friday at the Hurd Tennis Center.
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