Saturday, April 2
Tampa, Florida
8 AM
Rice University
3
vs
4
#42 FIU
FIU Rallies Past Rice
4/2/2022 6:23:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Owls host Senior Day next Saturday
Tampa, FL FIU spotted Rice a 3-0 lead and then stormed back to down the Owls 4-3 in Tampa on Saturday morning.
Doubles: Rice took the early lead when Maria Budin and Diae El Jardi clinched their second consecutive doubles point with a win in a tiebreaker. Anastasia Smirnova and Allison Zipoli staked the Owls to the early advantage with a 6-3 win at the second line and the Owls 25th ranked tandem seized the first point with by taking the tiebreak over the Panthers' Andjela Skrobonja and Kamila Umarova.
Singles: The teams split the first sets of singles and Budin and Anna Bowtell swiftly closed out their matches to give Rice a 3-0 lead. But FIU held its early advantage on the three courts where the Panthers took first sets and then used a tiebreak win in the second set to secure the clinching point at the sixth line.
Of Note: Bowtell's win was the 91st of her career (91-31), moving her one win from tying Blair DiSesa (92-59) for ninth on the Owls' career wins list.
Up Next: The Owls will celebrate the careers of Bowtell and Anastasia and Victoria Smirnova next Saturday at Senior Day when they host Houston at 11 a.m.
Doubles: Rice took the early lead when Maria Budin and Diae El Jardi clinched their second consecutive doubles point with a win in a tiebreaker. Anastasia Smirnova and Allison Zipoli staked the Owls to the early advantage with a 6-3 win at the second line and the Owls 25th ranked tandem seized the first point with by taking the tiebreak over the Panthers' Andjela Skrobonja and Kamila Umarova.
Singles: The teams split the first sets of singles and Budin and Anna Bowtell swiftly closed out their matches to give Rice a 3-0 lead. But FIU held its early advantage on the three courts where the Panthers took first sets and then used a tiebreak win in the second set to secure the clinching point at the sixth line.
Of Note: Bowtell's win was the 91st of her career (91-31), moving her one win from tying Blair DiSesa (92-59) for ninth on the Owls' career wins list.
Up Next: The Owls will celebrate the careers of Bowtell and Anastasia and Victoria Smirnova next Saturday at Senior Day when they host Houston at 11 a.m.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,1
#1 Singles Match
12
26
Yasmine Kabbaj / 0 (105/-) [FIU]
67
#2 Singles Match
12
35
Kamila Umarova / 0 [FIU]
67
#3 Singles Match
12
33
Andjela Skrobonja / 0 [FIU]
66
#4 Singles Match
12
67
Kristina Miletic / 0 [FIU]
06
#5 Singles Match
12
66
Andreea Velcea / 0 [FIU]
33
#6 Singles Match
123
661
Basak Akbas / 0 [FIU]
076
Order of Finish:
5,4,3,2,1,6
Players Mentioned
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