Saturday, February 18
Houston, Texas
2 PM
Rice University
vs
Tulane
Owls Host Tulane on Saturday
2/18/2023 12:56:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Start moved back to 2 p.m.
In Brief: Rice opens a two-match homestand by hosting Tulane at the George R. Brown Tennis Center on Saturday. The match was moved back to a 2 p.m. start due to travel difficulties for Tulane.
Follow it Live: Video and live scores from all Rice tennis matches are available at Rice Tennis Live 2023
The Green Wave: Tulane comes to Houston with a 1-3 record after dropping its last three contents. The Green Wave opened the season with a win over Furman at home and has lost matchups with SEC foes Mississippi State, Ole Miss and LSU. They have won nine of 17 matches since 1992 and have taken the lead in the series thanks to wins in the last five matches. Tulane took a 6-1 win last year in New Orleans and has won the last two at GRBTC. Rice's last win in the series was a 4-3 win in 2016.
GRBTC: Rice is 74-34 in dual action since moving into their current home in the fall of 2014. They are 9-7 in C-USA play and 6-12 all-time against ranked opponents.
Notable:
• Rice is 5-4 in doubles this season and has a combined record of 9-3 so far this year. The Owls are 2-3 when winning the point, 1-3 when dropping the first point.
• Five of the first nine matches this season have been decided by the seventh point and Rice is 3-2 in 4-3 matches.
• Clinch Points: Trinity Grear, Emir Sendogan and Yasha Zemel (1)
Up Next: The Owls will combine with the Rice women to host a combined dual against Texas A&M Corpus Christi on Wednesday and then hit he road for four matches at Lamar (Feb. 25) and against Portland, Penn and New Mexico in Albuquerque March 4-6.
Follow it Live: Video and live scores from all Rice tennis matches are available at Rice Tennis Live 2023
The Green Wave: Tulane comes to Houston with a 1-3 record after dropping its last three contents. The Green Wave opened the season with a win over Furman at home and has lost matchups with SEC foes Mississippi State, Ole Miss and LSU. They have won nine of 17 matches since 1992 and have taken the lead in the series thanks to wins in the last five matches. Tulane took a 6-1 win last year in New Orleans and has won the last two at GRBTC. Rice's last win in the series was a 4-3 win in 2016.
GRBTC: Rice is 74-34 in dual action since moving into their current home in the fall of 2014. They are 9-7 in C-USA play and 6-12 all-time against ranked opponents.
Notable:
• Rice is 5-4 in doubles this season and has a combined record of 9-3 so far this year. The Owls are 2-3 when winning the point, 1-3 when dropping the first point.
• Five of the first nine matches this season have been decided by the seventh point and Rice is 3-2 in 4-3 matches.
• Clinch Points: Trinity Grear, Emir Sendogan and Yasha Zemel (1)
Up Next: The Owls will combine with the Rice women to host a combined dual against Texas A&M Corpus Christi on Wednesday and then hit he road for four matches at Lamar (Feb. 25) and against Portland, Penn and New Mexico in Albuquerque March 4-6.
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