Our statewide stormy weather washed out Friday's opening day schedule at the 125th Annual Pacific Coast Doubles Championship in La Jolla (just north of San Diego). But once the skies cleared and the courts drained and dried, play got started on Saturday, two of the Rice men's team advanced to the round of 32. (Click on the results tab on this page to see the scores.)

From what I could tell from the results:

> Rice's Alla & Berger are seeded 7th, had an opening round bye and defeated UNLV's Petrov & Sublette, 8-2.

> Rice's Bennett & Warren defeated USD's Addison & Fasso, 8-3, in the opening round of 128. They then advanced to the Round of 32 when Friedman & Genender withdrew due to injury.

> In the opening round, Rice's Munch & Yablon advanced when Albert & Albert withdrew. Then they lost, 8-3, to St. John's' 9th-seeded DelNunzio & Reyes (formerly from Oklahoma State & Wichita State, respectively), 8-4.

With two of Rice's doubles squads (and a couple of St. Johns's' as well) scheduled to play on Sunday, I wonder what will happen to the Owls' scheduled 2 p.m. Sunday (Pacific time) match with St. John's, which is also in La Jolla for the tourney.

Perhaps both coaches had figured that with a normal, non-rainout schedule that their players would have been knocked out by Sunday.