{"id":172119,"date":"2026-02-20T00:03:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T00:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/172119\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T00:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T00:03:11","slug":"owls-sweep-islanders-in-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/172119\/","title":{"rendered":"Owls Sweep Islanders in Win"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUSTON \u2013 The Rice women’s tennis team defeated Texas A&M\u2013Corpus Christi 4-0 on Thursday at the George R. Brown Tennis Center.
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\nThe No. 41\u00a0Owls improved to 6-3 and remained unbeaten against the Islanders, earning their 17th all-time victory in the series and fourth home win this season. Rice is also undefeated this year when securing the doubles point.
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\nIn doubles play, Divna Ratkovic<\/a> and Ema Mravcova<\/a> earned a quick 6-1 win over Adriana Jiminez and Viktoriia Sedova on Court 2. Fernanda Martinez<\/a> and Daniela Chica<\/a> clinched the doubles point with a 6-3 victory against Juliette Jalai and Emma Bousquet on Court 3. On Court 1, Darya Schwartzman<\/a> and Nithesa Selvaraj<\/a> led 5-2 when play was halted.
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\nIn singles, Mravcova secured the first point on Court 6 with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Sedova. Schwartzman followed with a 6-0, 6-0 victory against Yelyzaveta Mykytyn on Court 1. Selvaraj clinched the match for the third time this season, defeating Jalai 6-1, 6-1.
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\nOn the remaining courts, Ratkovic led 6-1, 2-2 on Court 2, Francesca Maguina<\/a> was ahead 6-4, 2-1 on Court 4, and Martinez held a 7-5, 1-1 lead on Court 5 when play was stopped.
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\nRice returns to action next weekend, traveling to Huntsville to face Sam Houston on Feb. 28.
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\nRESULTS

\nDOUBLES
\nD. Schwartzman\/N. Selvaraj (RICE) vs Y. Mykytyn\/K. Ramanouskaya (TAMUCC) 5-2 uf
\nD. Ratkovic\/E. Mravcova (RICE) def. A. Jimenez\/V. Sedova (TAMUCC) 6-1
\nF. Martinez\/D. Chica (RICE) def. J. Jalai\/E. Bousquet (TAMUCC) 6-3
\nOrder of Finish: 2, 3
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\nSINGLES
\nD. Schwartzman (RICE) def. Y. Mkykytyn (TAMUCC) 6-0, 6-0
\nD. Ratkovic (RICE) vs K. Ramanouskaya (TAMUCC) 6-1, 1-2 uf
\nF. Maguina (RICE) vs A. Jimenez (TAMUCC) 6-4, 2-1 uf
\nN. Selvaraj (RICE) def. J. Jalai (TAMUCC) 6-1, 6-1\u00a0
\nF. Martinez (RICE) vs E. Bousquet (TAMUCC) 7-5, 1-1 uf
\nE. Mravcova (RICE) vs v. Sedova (TAMUCC) 6-0, 6-1
\nOrder of Finish: 6, 1, 4
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