#1 DOUBLES
#15 Kristie Ahn/Carol Zhao, Stanford 6
Natalie Beazant/Dominique Harmath, Rice 3
Order of finish: 1

#2 DOUBLES
#16 Taylor Davidson/Ellen Tsay, Stanford 6
Liat Zimmermann/Katherine Ip, Rice 1
Order of finish: 2

#3 DOUBLES
Caroline Doyle/Krista Hardebeck, Stanford 1
Alison Ho/Solomiya Zinko, Rice 5


Stanford takes the doubles point.

(02-01-2014 01:32 PM)dragon2owl Wrote:  #1 DOUBLES
#15 Kristie Ahn/Carol Zhao, Stanford 6
Natalie Beazant/Dominique Harmath, Rice 3
Order of finish: 1

#2 DOUBLES
#16 Taylor Davidson/Ellen Tsay, Stanford 6
Liat Zimmermann/Katherine Ip, Rice 1
Order of finish: 2

#3 DOUBLES
Caroline Doyle/Krista Hardebeck, Stanford 1
Alison Ho/Solomiya Zinko, Rice 5


Stanford takes the doubles point.

Tough stretch of unforced errors on Court 1 after breaking serve to open the match.

Stanford is stacked with 5 players in the Top 100.

(02-01-2014 01:37 PM)dragon2owl Wrote:  Stanford is stacked with 5 players in the Top 100.

No easy draws anywhere.

Nothing but service breaks on Court 1. 3-2 Stanford at this point.

http://www.riceowls.com/livestats/w-tenn.../xlive.htm

Stanford wins first sets in the #4, 5 & 6 matches. Rice's #2 & 3 are leading -- and Natalie is down 5-6 -- in their first sets. But if the lower half doesn't make a move, the match score could be 4-0 before the higher three matches finish.

Natalie takes the first set!

(02-01-2014 02:37 PM)dragon2owl Wrote:  Natalie takes the first set!

Dominique, too. 5-all in Liat Zimmermann's #3 first set.

Go Owls!!

Headed to a tiebreak in first set on 3. Rice with 4-1 leads in the 2nd set at #5 and #6. Dominique down 0-3 in 2nd set at #2.

Edit: Stanford takes the first set at #3.

Stanford player on Court 1 needed to have right ankle taped. She had a slight limp just before the tiebreaker.

Side note: Stanford defeated Texas 6-1 yesterday.

Stanford wins at #4 (6-2,6-4). Stanford 2 Rice 0
Stanford wins at #6 (6-1,6-4). Stanford 3 Rice 0

Stanford wins five straight games at #6 to turn 1-4 deficit into a 6-4 second set and point win. #4 falls as well, 6-4 ... and the Cardinal is one game from winning the match 4-0, leading 5-4 in second set of #5.

Edit: Katherine Ip wins two games to turn #5 second set to a 6-5 Owl advantage!

Go Owls!!

(02-01-2014 02:56 PM)Tiki Owl Wrote:  Stanford player on Court 1 needed to have right ankle taped. She had a slight limp just before the tiebreaker.

Now she is throwing up but back on the court to try and finish.

Dominique wins tiebreak 10-5 to put Rice on the board. Stanford 3 Rice 1

Stanford wins at #3 (7-6, 6-1) Stanford 4 Rice 1

Natalie up 5-2 now tied 5-5.

Ip wins tiebreak 10-5 at #5. Rice 2 Stanford 4