Friday, October 16
Houston, TX
Rice University
vs
Ralph O'Connor Invitational
10/18/2026 10:02:00 PM | Men's Tennis
HOUSTON – Francisco Salmain and Joshua Mandelbaum claimed the Flight B championship to close out the 68th Ralph O'Connor Rice Invitational on Sunday at the George R. Brown Tennis Center.
In Draw B, the team of Salmain, Mandelbaum and Texas A&M's Kriish Tyagi captured the championship. Mandelbaum and Tyagi opened with a 6-3 doubles victory over Tulane's Hady ElKordy and Lance Nisbet. In singles, Tyagi defeated Rice's Gabriel Porras 4-6, 6-1, 6-1, while Rice's Noey Do earned a 6-3, 6-4 win over Salmain.
In Draw A, Rice's Tommy Czaplinski, Andrew Li, Mandelbaum fell 3-0 to SMU's Meethre Barot, Luis Flores and Vikas Deo. Barot and Deo won the doubles match 6-1 over Czaplinski and Li. Flores then defeated Li 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 in singles, while Mandelbaum retired after dropping the first set 7-6 to Barot.
The Owls will return to competition Oct. 22-25 at the American Individual Championships and the Baylor Invitational.
Results
Doubles
Meethre Barot/Vikas Deo (SMU) def. Tommy Czaplinski/Andrew Li (RICE) 6-1
Kriish Tyagi/Joshua Mandelbaum (TAMU/RICE) def. Hady ElKordy/Lance Nisbet (TULANE) 6-3
Singles
Kriish Tyagi (TAMU) def. Gabriel Porras (RICE) 4-6, 6-1, 6-1
Noey Do (RICE) def. Francisco Salmain (RICE) 6-3, 6-4
Luis Flores (SMU) def. Andrew Li (RICE) 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
Meethre Barot (SMU) vs Joshua Mandelbaum (RICE) 7-6 (ret.)
In Draw B, the team of Salmain, Mandelbaum and Texas A&M's Kriish Tyagi captured the championship. Mandelbaum and Tyagi opened with a 6-3 doubles victory over Tulane's Hady ElKordy and Lance Nisbet. In singles, Tyagi defeated Rice's Gabriel Porras 4-6, 6-1, 6-1, while Rice's Noey Do earned a 6-3, 6-4 win over Salmain.
In Draw A, Rice's Tommy Czaplinski, Andrew Li, Mandelbaum fell 3-0 to SMU's Meethre Barot, Luis Flores and Vikas Deo. Barot and Deo won the doubles match 6-1 over Czaplinski and Li. Flores then defeated Li 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 in singles, while Mandelbaum retired after dropping the first set 7-6 to Barot.
The Owls will return to competition Oct. 22-25 at the American Individual Championships and the Baylor Invitational.
Results
Doubles
Meethre Barot/Vikas Deo (SMU) def. Tommy Czaplinski/Andrew Li (RICE) 6-1
Kriish Tyagi/Joshua Mandelbaum (TAMU/RICE) def. Hady ElKordy/Lance Nisbet (TULANE) 6-3
Singles
Kriish Tyagi (TAMU) def. Gabriel Porras (RICE) 4-6, 6-1, 6-1
Noey Do (RICE) def. Francisco Salmain (RICE) 6-3, 6-4
Luis Flores (SMU) def. Andrew Li (RICE) 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
Meethre Barot (SMU) vs Joshua Mandelbaum (RICE) 7-6 (ret.)
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