Friday, September 29
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Ratkovic Leads Owls on Final Day of Houston Invitational
10/1/2023 3:53:00 PM | Women's Tennis
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Houston: Divna Ratkovic bounced back from a first-set loss to win her match to highlight action for Rice on the final day of the Houston Invitational.
The Details: Ratkovic shook off a 7-5 loss in the opening set to Houston's Nina Skoric with a dominant 7-0 win in the second-set tiebreaker. She closed out the match with a close win in the super set tiebreaker to improve to 4-2 in fall action.
SINGLES
Sophie Schouten (Houston) def. Saara Orav (Rice) 6-2, 4-6, 10-3
Gabriela Cortes (Houston) def. Anushka Ashar (Rice) 6-3, 6-3
Divna Ratkovic (Rice) def. Nina Skoric (Houston) 5-7, 7-6 (7-0), 10-9
Sonya Kovalenko (Houston) def. Chie Kezuka (Rice) 6-2, 6-3
Elizabeth Schmidt: "It was good to get more competition in this weekend and it gave us a good gauge of things we need to continue to work on as we lead up to Regionals.
Up Next: The Owls return to action in two weeks when they travel to Waco for the ITA Texas Regional, October 12-16.
The Details: Ratkovic shook off a 7-5 loss in the opening set to Houston's Nina Skoric with a dominant 7-0 win in the second-set tiebreaker. She closed out the match with a close win in the super set tiebreaker to improve to 4-2 in fall action.
SINGLES
Sophie Schouten (Houston) def. Saara Orav (Rice) 6-2, 4-6, 10-3
Gabriela Cortes (Houston) def. Anushka Ashar (Rice) 6-3, 6-3
Divna Ratkovic (Rice) def. Nina Skoric (Houston) 5-7, 7-6 (7-0), 10-9
Sonya Kovalenko (Houston) def. Chie Kezuka (Rice) 6-2, 6-3
Elizabeth Schmidt: "It was good to get more competition in this weekend and it gave us a good gauge of things we need to continue to work on as we lead up to Regionals.
Up Next: The Owls return to action in two weeks when they travel to Waco for the ITA Texas Regional, October 12-16.
Team Stats
# Doubles Match
# Singles Match
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