HOUSTON, TEXAS (October 19, 2008) Rebecca Lin, Emily Braid and Varsha Shiva-Shankar each won their singles flights as the Rice women’s tennis team concluded play Sunday at the Holiday Inn Astrodome Rice Classic. The event was being held at Jake Hess Stadium on the Rice campus.“Overall, I was pleased with how we competed all weekend,” head coach Elizabeth Schmidt said. “We definitely took a major step forward from where we are at the end of this weekend as compared where we were at the end of last weekend.
I was proud for Rebecca, Emily and Varsha to win their respective flights.”
Lin upended Houston’s Joanna Kacprzyk in a hard-fought 7-5, 6-3 decision in Flight 4, while Shiva-Shankar turned in another dominant performance picking up a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Samford’s Stephanie Parkison. Shiva-Shankar lost only a combined eight games over her three wins in Flight 6.Emily Braid tallied a 6-2, 6-1 win over North Texas’ Shannon Mackenzie 6-2, 6-1 in Flight 7. Julie Chao’s bid for a Flight 1 singles championship fell short 6-1, 6-3 to Lee College’s Ana Veselinovic.
In consolation action, Alex Rasch and Rebekka Hänle notched straight set victories in Flights 3 and 5, respectively. Ana Guzman lost a tight 6-3, 6-7 (5), 1-0 (3) decision to SMU’s Nicole Briceno in Flight 2.The Owls return to action at the ITA Southwest Regional Championships hosted by TCU. The event runs from October 23-27.
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