FORT WORTH \u2013 The Rice women’s tennis team wrapped up the TCU Fall Open with an impressive showing on Sunday, collecting five singles victories and a doubles win to close the weekend on a high note.<\/p>\n
The Owls controlled much of singles play, highlighted by straight-set wins from Uma Bakaityte<\/a>, Francesca Maguina<\/a> and Valentina Ponce<\/a>. Bakaityte defeated TCU’s Victoria Gomez 6-3, 7-6, while Maguina followed with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Cristina Ramos. Ponce turned in a dominant performance with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Texas Tech’s Arina Oreshchenkova.<\/p>\n Ema Mravcova<\/a> and Daniela Chica<\/a> both battled through three-set matches to add to Rice’s singles success. Mravcova edged Ella Brownback of Texas Tech 7-5, 3-6, 11-9, and Chica outlasted Elena Daskalova 6-2, 6-7 (5), 10-8.<\/p>\n In doubles play, Ponce and Anushka Ashar<\/a> earned a 7-6 (5) victory over Nebraska’s Tiziana Rossini and Catherine Gagen to wrap up the day.<\/p>\n Singles Results
\nUma Bakaityte<\/a> (Rice) def Victoria Gomez (TCU) 6-3, 7-6
\nFrancesca Maguina<\/a> (Rice) def. Cristina Ramos (TCU) 6-4, 6-3
\nKseniia Logvin (Texas Tech) def. Anushka Ashar<\/a> (Rice) 6-1, 6-1
\nEma Mravcova<\/a> (Rice) def. Ella Brownback (Texas Tech) 7-5, 3-6, 11-9
\nDaniela Chica<\/a> (Rice) def. Elena Daskalova (Texas Tech) 6-2, 6-7 (5), 10-8
\nValentina Ponce<\/a> (Rice) def. Arina Oreshchenkova (Texas Tech) 6-1, 6-0
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\nDoubles Results
\nTomi Main\/Letizia Corsini (TCU) def. Uma Bakaityte<\/a>\/Francesca Maguina<\/a> (Rice) 7-5
\nReya Lee Coe\/Yuzu Miyoshi (Nebraska) def. Daniela Chica<\/a>\/Ema Mravcova<\/a> (Rice) 6-2
\nValentina Ponce<\/a>\/Anushka Ashar<\/a> (Rice) def. Tiziana Rossini\/Catherine Gagen (Nebraska) 7-6 (5)
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