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Women’s
tennis defeats Rice, 6-1 The No. 26-ranked women’s tennis team won it’s ninth consecutive match with a 6-1 victory against Rice at the Jack Hess Tennis Stadium in Houston Saturday. With the win, the Frogs extended their overall record to 12-3 and 3-0 in the Western Athletic Conference. The Owls dropped to 8-8 and 1-2 in the WAC. Sophomore Brenna Shackelford said the Frogs didn’t overlook the Owls’ talent. “We went into the match against Rice pretty confident and played very hard,” Shackelford said. “Even though Rice has lost some seniors and is a pretty young team, we didn’t want to underestimate them. Rice has always had a tough team.” The Frogs swept all three doubles matches, grabbing an early 1-0 lead against the Owls. Freshmen Katrin Gaber and Karolina Roubickova won their doubles match, 8-2. Freshman Patricia Aburto and junior Leoni Weirich swept their doubles match, 8-0, while sophomore Rosa Perez and freshman Saber Pierce won their doubles match, 8-1. TCU claimed all but one of the singles spots. Roubickova said everything is working well for the Frogs right now. “Our coach didn’t even expect us to be playing this well right now,” Roubickova said. “Everybody’s strong in singles and doubles play.” The Owls only point of the contest came at the number four singles spot. Rice sophomore Jeri Gonzales won in three sets (2-6, 7-5, 6-3) against Weirich. After having started the spring season 7-0, Weirich has now lost four straight matches. The
Frogs will play against North Texas at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Bayard
H. Friedman Tennis Center.
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