WACO \u2013 The Rice women’s tennis team turned in a strong performance Friday on the opening day of the H-E-B Invitational hosted by Baylor.<\/p>\n
The Owls recorded five doubles wins and six singles victories to start the weekend.<\/p>\n
Darya Schwartzman<\/a> and Francesca Maguina<\/a>, who received a first-round bye, defeated Kansas’ Meriem Ezzedine and Kinley VanPelt 6-4 in the round of 16 and will compete Saturday at 9 a.m. Nithesa Selvaraj<\/a> and Uma Bakaityte<\/a> also earned a bye and topped Iowa State’s Suzanie Pretorius and Julia Camblor 6-1 to advance to Saturday’s 9 a.m. matches.<\/p>\n The team of Divna Ratkovic<\/a> and Daniela Chica<\/a> notched two 6-1 wins to reach the quarterfinals, where they will also play at 9 a.m.<\/p>\n In singles, Ema Mravcova<\/a>, Bakaityte, Selvaraj, Ratkovic, Schwartzman and Maguina all picked up victories to open the tournament. Singles play will continue Saturday at a time to be announced.<\/p>\n RESULTS
\nDoubles
\nDivna Ratkovic<\/a>\/Daniela Chica<\/a> (Rice) Def. Hiakamya Singh\/Rhea Makesar (UTRGV) 6-1
\nValentina Ponce<\/a>\/Ema Mravcova<\/a> (Rice) def. Madeleine Joffe\/Luna Buijtenhuis (UTRGV) 6-0
\nDarya Schwartzman<\/a>\/Francesca Maguina<\/a> (Rice) def. Meriem Ezzedine\/Kinley VanPelt (Kansas) 6-3
\nAnushka Ashar<\/a>\/Luna Ivkovic (Rice\/Baylor) def. Martaa Chogsomjav\/Margaret Jaraczewski (Kansas State) 7-5
\nRuby Hansen\/Remy Nguyen (Denver) def. Anushka Ashar<\/a>\/Luna Ivkovic (Rice\/Baylor) 6-0
\nNithesa Selvaraj<\/a>\/Uma Bakaityte<\/a> (Rice) def. Suzanie Pretoruis\/Julia Camblor (Iowa State) 6-1
\nDivna Ratkovic<\/a>\/Daniela Chica<\/a> (Rice) def. Avery Esquivel\/Anna Perelman (TAMU) 6-1
\nKennedy Gibbs\/Alain Zack (Baylor) def. Valentina Ponce<\/a>\/Ema Mravcova<\/a> (Rice) 7-6 (4)
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\nSingles
\nDarya Schwartzman<\/a> (Rice) def. Zoe Adkins (Denver) 6-1, 6-1
\nDivna Ratkovic<\/a> (Rice) def. Valeria Sanchez (UTSA) 6-2, 6-1
\nUma Bakaityte<\/a> (Rice) def. Suzanie Pretorius (Iowa State) 6-2, 6-0
\nNithesa Selvaraj<\/a> (Rice) def. Barbra Martinez (UTRGV) 6-1, 6-0
\nFrancesca Maguina<\/a> (Rice) def. Aoka Nagasawa (UTSA) 6-2, 6-3
\nDaniela Chica<\/a> (Rice) def. Hitakamya Singh (UTRGV) 6-2, 6-2
\nNatali Jaiani (Denver) def. Valentina Ponce<\/a> (Rice) 6-3, 2-6, 10-5
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