Horned Frogs Fall at Rice

Wednesday, February 6

Houston, Texas

1:00 PM

TCU

Rice

Horned Frogs Fall at Rice

2/6/2019 8:53:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Rice 6, TCU 0 (PDF)

TCU ended its road swing with a loss at Rice on Wednesday.

HOUSTON, Texas – The TCU women's tennis team ended its road trip by dropping a 6-0 decision to Rice on Wednesday afternoon at the George R. Brown Tennis Center in Houston.

The Horned Frogs (5-2) and the Owls (3-2) went to battle in doubles and split the bottom two courts with the doubles point coming down to a tiebreaker on court one. Kate Paulus and Mercedes Aristegui got their first victory over a ranked opponent as the duo upset No. 35 Anastasia Smirnova and Priya Niezgoda, 6-4, on court two. Ellie Douglas and Aleksa Cveticanin went point-for-point on court one, but Rice ultimately came out on top in the tiebreaker, 7-5, to take the doubles point.

Rice took the momentum into singles action as the Owls grabbed the opening set on five of the six courts. TCU could not come back as Rice would go on to win five of the singles matches and finish out the overall match victory, 6-0.

Match Results
TCU vs Rice
2/6/2019 at Houston, TX
(George R. Brown Tennis Center)
Rice 6, TCU 0

Singles competition
1. #74 Michaela Haet (RICE) def. #90 Ellie Douglas (TCU) 7-5, 4-2, retired
2. Victoria Smirnova (RICE) def. Aleksa Cveticanin (TCU) 6-4, 6-0
3. Anastasia Smirnova (RICE) def. Mercedes Aristegui (TCU) 6-2, 6-3
4. Kate Paulus (TCU) vs. Anna Bowtell (RICE) no result
5. Linda Huang (RICE) def. Stevie Kennedy (TCU) 6-4, 6-4
6. Priya Niezgoda (RICE) def. Chloe Hule (TCU) 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 1-0 (10-6)

Doubles competition
1. Michaela Haet/Linda Huang (RICE) def. Ellie Douglas/Aleksa Cveticanin (TCU) 7-6 (7-5)
2. Kate Paulus/Mercedes Aristegui (TCU) def. #35 Anastasia Smirnova/Priya Niezgoda (RICE) 6-4
3. #51 Victoria Smirnova/Anna Bowtell (RICE) def. Chloe Hule/Stevie Kennedy (TCU) 6-2

Match Notes:
TCU 5-2
Rice 3-2
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (2,3,1,4,5,6)
T-3:54 A-65

Up Next
TCU will take the next 10 days off before returning to action at home by welcoming UTRGV on Saturday, Feb. 16 at 1 p.m., at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.