I saw that Natalie Beazant (#1) and the #3 Owl won their matches in straight sets ... but Tulsa's "live scoring" results for Rice@Tulsa is now blank, and the double point was never visible.

Hope the rest of the Owls pulled out the win.

We won 4-0 - first win for the Owls at Tulsa since 2005.

Nice win after what has been a surprising (in not a good way) season thus far. Anyone know what has caused the team to struggle this year?

(03-08-2015 03:42 PM)Tiki Owl Wrote:  Nice win after what has been a surprising (in not a good way) season thus far. Anyone know what has caused the team to struggle this year?

Looks like Tulsa is struggling somewhat this year as well, 9-6 and not ranked.

Rice has a couple of injuries, Hodge and Zimmermann. Both are back in the lineup. Zimmermann was back in the doubles lineup on Friday, and in singles lineup today. Brutal schedule as well.

Wins: #46 LSU, Lamar, Louisiana-Lafayette, Texas State, Tulsa

Losses: #4 Baylor, #8 Oklahoma State, #17 Mississippi, #19 Texas Tech, #20 Kentucky, #28 Northwestern, #52 Texas

Next four matches at home: #74 Memphis, #70 Marshall, Yale, and #30 William and Mary.

Singles competition
1. #25 Natalie Beazant (RICE) def. Ksenia Laskutova (TULSA) 6-1, 6-1
2. Katherine Ip (RICE) def. Rongrong Leenabancho (TULSA) 6-4, 6-2
3. Lindsey Hodge (RICE) def. Yelena Nemchen (TULSA) 6-2, 6-2
4. Mahitha Dadireddy (TULSA) vs. Liat Zimmermann (RICE) 6-1, 5-4, unfinished
5. Saana Saarteinen (TULSA) vs. Savannah Durkin (RICE) 4-6, 5-3, unfinished
6. Renata Kuricova (TULSA) vs. Solomiya Zinko (RICE) 6-7, 1-4, unfinished

Doubles competition
1. Natalie Beazant/Liat Zimmermann (RICE) def. #46 Ksenia Laskutova/Renata Kuricova (TULSA) 7-5
2. Rongrong Leenabancho/Marcelina Cichon (TULSA) def. Alison Ho/Katherine Ip (RICE) 6-3
3. Savannah Durkin/Solomiya Zinko (RICE) def. Mahitha Dadireddy/Saana Saarteinen (TULSA) 6-1