Rice advanced to the singles quarterfinals at the American Individual Championships and secured five wins at the JAE Foundation Invite on Thursday.
American Individual Championships
In doubles, the team of Uma Bakaityte and Francesca Maguina fell 8-4 to FAU’s Alexia Patru and Ioana Sava to open the day.
In singles, No. 4 seed Maguina defeated Diana Badalyan of Tulane 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 and will take on Kalara Kajabova at 11:30 a.m. on Friday. No. 2 seed Bakaityte defeated Sienna Leeson of South Florida 6-3, 6-2 and will face Lou Chalard of North Texas at 11:30 a.m. on Friday.
JAE Foundation Invite
Five Owls collected wins to open the JAE Foundation Invite hosted by TCU in Fort Worth. IN doubles the teams of Daniela Chica and Josephine Kunz won 6-4 while Anushka Ashar and Nithesa Selvaraj won 6-3 against Utah doubles teams.
In singles the Owls faced the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame, Kunz won 6-4, 6-2 over Anastasia Sysoeva while Ema Mravcova defeated Skye Madatali 6-4, 6-0. Chica rounded out the singles wins with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Aria Nina Avalos.
Action will start at 11 a.m. with doubles followed by singles on Friday.
Results
American Individual Championship
Doubles
Alexia Patru/Ioana Sava (FAU) def. Uma Bakaityte/Francesca Maguina (Rice), 8-4
Singles
Francesca Maguina (Rice) def. Diana Badalyan (Tulane), 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
Uma Bakaityte (Rice) def. Sienna Leeson (USF), 6-3, 6-2
JAE Foundation Invite
Doubles
Daniela Chica/Josephine Kunz (Rice) def. Hayley Roberts/Mike Lenz (Utah) 6-4
Anushka Ashar/Nithesa Selvaraj (Rice) def. Emi Dowdell/Kara Garcia (Utah) 6-3
Sara Akid/Hams Merwally (Utah) def. Fernanda Martinez/Ema Mravcova (Rice) 6-3
Singles
Bianca Molnar (ND) def. Nithesa Selvaraj (Rice) 6-4, 6-2
Josephine Kunz (Rice) def. Anastasia Sysoeva (ND) 6-4, 6-2
Jessica Kovalcik (ND) def. Fernanda Martinez (Rice) 6-1, 6-7, 10-6
Ema Mravcova (Rice) def. Skye Madatali (ND) 6-4, 6-0
Esther Vrlan (ND) def. Anushka Ashar (Rice) 6-1, 6-0
Daniela Chica (Rice) def. Aria Nina Avalos (ND) 6-4, 6-1