Saturday, February 4
Houston, Texas
11 AM
Rice University
vs
#3 Texas A&M
Owls WelcomeThird-Ranked Aggies Saturday
2/3/2023 2:19:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Combined match with the Rice men's team
In Brief: The Rice women's tennis team takes on #3 Texas A&M at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the George R. Brown Tennis Center as part of a combined dual with the Rice men's team who will face LSU.
Promotions: The Oh My Gogi! food truck, Houston's first Korean-Mexican fusion food truck, will be in front of GRBTC on Saturday and the first 125 fans will receive two free tacos.
How to Follow: Live video and scores for Saturday's match are available at Rice Tennis Live 2023
The Owls: Rice is 2-1 so far this season, posting a 7-0 wins over Lamar at home and Louisiana indoors at AD IN, while dropping a gripping 4-3 decision to Baylor in Waco on January 23.
The Series: Texas A&M leads the series with Rice 25-10 since 1982 and has won three straight duals after Rice won back-to-back matches in 2017 & 2018. The Owls' 4-1 win in College Station over the 15th ranked Aggies in 2017 was Rice's first over A&M since 2000 while the 4-3 victory at GRBTC gave Rice back-to-back wins in the series for the first time since 1999 & 2000. Texas A&M won the most recent meeting, 4-1 in College Station last year while the first two wins in the Aggies current streak were consecutive 4-3 cliffhangers in Austin in the first round of the 2018 and 2019 NCAA Championship.
Texas A&M: The Aggies are 5-0 and ranked third in the latest ITA national rankings after qualifying for ITA Indoor Nationals by defeating FAU (4-0) and #20 Florida (4-2) last weekend. They are the defending SEC Champions and reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship before falling to #2 Oklahoma, 4-3. They are the highest-ranked women's team to play at GRBTC since its first dual season in 2015 and the highest-ranked squad hosted by Rice since the Owls faced top-ranked Stanford in 2014. Rice is 0-3 vs. top ten teams at GRBTC, losing to #7 Texas Tech in 2018 and #8 Tech in 2016.
George R. Brown Tennis Center: Rice has posted a 66-15 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).
Notable:
• Rice is 2-1 in doubles this season and is 2-0 when winning the point.
• Maria Budin and Federica Trevisan are 3-0 in singles and Budin has recorded the first singles win for Rice in each of the first three matches.
• Budin and Diae El Jardi are 1-0 in doubles this year and 28-10 in their career as a team. They became the first Rice doubles team to qualify for the NCAA Doubles Championship since 2016 and they ended last year ranked 30th, the highest for a Rice doubles team since 2013.
• Clinch Points: Allison Zipoli (2)
Up Next: Rice is on the road next weekend in San Diego, with matches against UCLA on Friday and San Diego State on Saturday. They return home on February 19 to face FAU.
Promotions: The Oh My Gogi! food truck, Houston's first Korean-Mexican fusion food truck, will be in front of GRBTC on Saturday and the first 125 fans will receive two free tacos.
How to Follow: Live video and scores for Saturday's match are available at Rice Tennis Live 2023
The Owls: Rice is 2-1 so far this season, posting a 7-0 wins over Lamar at home and Louisiana indoors at AD IN, while dropping a gripping 4-3 decision to Baylor in Waco on January 23.
The Series: Texas A&M leads the series with Rice 25-10 since 1982 and has won three straight duals after Rice won back-to-back matches in 2017 & 2018. The Owls' 4-1 win in College Station over the 15th ranked Aggies in 2017 was Rice's first over A&M since 2000 while the 4-3 victory at GRBTC gave Rice back-to-back wins in the series for the first time since 1999 & 2000. Texas A&M won the most recent meeting, 4-1 in College Station last year while the first two wins in the Aggies current streak were consecutive 4-3 cliffhangers in Austin in the first round of the 2018 and 2019 NCAA Championship.
Texas A&M: The Aggies are 5-0 and ranked third in the latest ITA national rankings after qualifying for ITA Indoor Nationals by defeating FAU (4-0) and #20 Florida (4-2) last weekend. They are the defending SEC Champions and reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship before falling to #2 Oklahoma, 4-3. They are the highest-ranked women's team to play at GRBTC since its first dual season in 2015 and the highest-ranked squad hosted by Rice since the Owls faced top-ranked Stanford in 2014. Rice is 0-3 vs. top ten teams at GRBTC, losing to #7 Texas Tech in 2018 and #8 Tech in 2016.
George R. Brown Tennis Center: Rice has posted a 66-15 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).
Notable:
• Rice is 2-1 in doubles this season and is 2-0 when winning the point.
• Maria Budin and Federica Trevisan are 3-0 in singles and Budin has recorded the first singles win for Rice in each of the first three matches.
• Budin and Diae El Jardi are 1-0 in doubles this year and 28-10 in their career as a team. They became the first Rice doubles team to qualify for the NCAA Doubles Championship since 2016 and they ended last year ranked 30th, the highest for a Rice doubles team since 2013.
• Clinch Points: Allison Zipoli (2)
Up Next: Rice is on the road next weekend in San Diego, with matches against UCLA on Friday and San Diego State on Saturday. They return home on February 19 to face FAU.
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