Friday, February 18
Houston, Texas
1 PM
Rice University
vs
Texas State
Bobcats and Tigers Up Next for Owls
2/16/2022 6:50:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Weekend tennis at GRBTC
In Brief: Rice (3-1) continues a stretch of four consecutive home matches by hosting Texas State on Friday at 1 p.m. and LSU on Sunday at 11 a.m.
LIVE SCORES/VIDEO
Texas State: The Bobcats are 3-4 on the season after a win over Prairie View on Wednesday. This will be the 27th meeting between the schools with Rice leading the series 26-0. This will be the 20th consecutive meeting between the schools in Houston. The last meeting between the two was in 2020, ironically as the first half of a weekend schedule that included LSU.
LSU: The Tigers are 0-2 heading into a match on Friday vs. UCF at home. They opened the season ranked 21st in the ITA Preseason poll and fell to #20 Tennessee and #24 Oklahoma State in the Columbus Regional of the ITA Kickoff Weekend. This will be the 20th meeting between the schools and LSU holds an 11-8 lead after winning the last five meetings, including a 4-0 win last year in Baton Rouge. Rice's last win in the series came in 2015, when the Owls took a 6-1 decision in Baton Rouge. The Tigers have won both of the previous matches at GRBTC in 2016 and 2002.
Ranked Players:
LSU: Safiya Carrington #82 singles
Owls Notables:
George R. Brown Tennis Center: Rice has posted a 62-14 regular-season record at GRBTC (11-0 in C-USA play) since making their debut at their new home by defeating Lamar 7-0 on 1/17/15. The Owls have also posted a 6-0 postseason mark while winning a pair of Conference USA titles at home (2015 & 2019).
Up Next: Rice continues the homestand next Friday when they host UTSA at 11 a.m. and then travel to College Station on Saturday to take on 9th ranked Texas A&M.
LIVE SCORES/VIDEO
Texas State: The Bobcats are 3-4 on the season after a win over Prairie View on Wednesday. This will be the 27th meeting between the schools with Rice leading the series 26-0. This will be the 20th consecutive meeting between the schools in Houston. The last meeting between the two was in 2020, ironically as the first half of a weekend schedule that included LSU.
LSU: The Tigers are 0-2 heading into a match on Friday vs. UCF at home. They opened the season ranked 21st in the ITA Preseason poll and fell to #20 Tennessee and #24 Oklahoma State in the Columbus Regional of the ITA Kickoff Weekend. This will be the 20th meeting between the schools and LSU holds an 11-8 lead after winning the last five meetings, including a 4-0 win last year in Baton Rouge. Rice's last win in the series came in 2015, when the Owls took a 6-1 decision in Baton Rouge. The Tigers have won both of the previous matches at GRBTC in 2016 and 2002.
Ranked Players:
LSU: Safiya Carrington #82 singles
Owls Notables:
- Rice is 3-0 when winning the doubles point.
- Clinch points: Maria Budin, Saara Orav, and Allison Zipoli (1)
- Anna Bowtell is 3-1 in singles in the spring and is looking to reach double figures for the fifth consecutive dual season. She has a combined singles career record in tournaments and duals of 82-28 and is six wins from matching Elle Lewis, a 2021 Rice Athletics Hall of Fame inductee who finished her career with an 87-64 record) for 10th on the Owls career chart.
- Rice head coach Elizabeth Schmidt has posted a 202-117 record at Rice and joined Paul Blankenship (a 2021 inductee into the Rice Athletics Hall of Fame) in reaching the 200 win mark with the Owls win over Lamar in the season opener. Blankenship was 279-169 at Rice from 1981-2001.
George R. Brown Tennis Center: Rice has posted a 62-14 regular-season record at GRBTC (11-0 in C-USA play) since making their debut at their new home by defeating Lamar 7-0 on 1/17/15. The Owls have also posted a 6-0 postseason mark while winning a pair of Conference USA titles at home (2015 & 2019).
Up Next: Rice continues the homestand next Friday when they host UTSA at 11 a.m. and then travel to College Station on Saturday to take on 9th ranked Texas A&M.
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