Feb. 1, 2009

Final Stats

Houston, Texas- - After opening the spring with a 5-0 victory over Prairie View A&M, the Texas State women's tennis team suffered a 7-0 loss at No. 69-ranked Rice University at the Jake Hess Tennis Stadium on Sunday. The Owls scored won all six singles matches against the Bobcats to score five points and scored the two doubles points after edging Texas State 2-1.

Rice's Julie Choa won a hard-fought number one singles match over Texas State's Ashley Ellis 7-5, 6-4. Nyssa Peele fell in the number two match to Ana Guzman 6-0, 6-1, while Lainy Chafitz suffered a 6-0, 6-0 setback against Jessica Jackson in the number three match.

Texas State's Kiki Kruse also suffered a hard-fought loss in the number-four match against Rebecca Lin 6-2, 6-4.

The Bobcats won their lone match at the number three doubles matchup when Peele and Mackenzie Farmer defeated Alex Rasch and Emily Braid 9-8 after winning a tie-breaker by the score of 7-5.

Another doubles match was decided by a tie breaker when Rebecca Lin and Jackson combined to defeat Chafitz and Kruse 9-8 in the number two doubles match after winning the tie-breaker 7-3.

The loss evens Texas State's record to 1-1 this spring while Rice improved to 5-1 overall this spring.

Texas State return to San Marcos on Thursday, Feb. 12 when the Bobcats play their first home match against St. Edwards.

Tennis Match Results
Texas State vs Rice Owls
2/1/2009 at Houston, Texas

#69 Rice Owls 7, Texas State 0
Singles competition:
1. Julie Chao (RICE) def. Ashley Ellis (TXSTW) 7-5, 6-4
2. Ana Guzman (RICE) def. Nyssa Peele (TXSTW) 6-0, 6-1
3. Jessica Jackson (RICE) def. Lainy Chafitz (TXSTW) 6-0, 6-0
4. Rebecca Lin (RICE) def. Kiki Kruse (TXSTW) 6-2, 6-4
5. Varsha Shiva-Shankar (RICE) def. Mackenzie Farmer (TXSTW) 6-0, 6-0
6. Alex Rasch (RICE) def. Amanda Alvarado (TXSTW) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles competition: 1. Julie Chao/Ana Guzman (RICE) def. Ashley Ellis/Andrea Giraldo (TXSTW) 8-3
2. Rebecca Lin/Jessica Jackson (RICE) def. Lainy Chafitz/Kiki Kruse (TXSTW) 9-8 (7-3)
3. Nyssa Peele/Mackenzie Farmer (TXSTW) def. Alex Rasch/Emily Braid (RICE) 9-8 (7-5)

Match Notes:
Texas State 1-1
Rice Owls 5-1; National ranking #69