USF Falls to No. 28 Rice
MIAMI, Fla., April 3, 2021 – The University of South Florida women's tennis team lost, 4-0 to No. 28 Rice on Saturday at the FIU Tennis Courts in Miami.
The Owls (12-4) clinched the doubles point by taking sets on court one, against
Grace Schumacher (Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia) and
Amelie Boy (Mauritius, Trianon) 6-1, while Rice's doubles pair of Anastasia Smirnova and Linda Huang took court three over Alex Mjos (Austin, Texas) and
Margriet Timmermans (Bergen Op Zoom, Netherlands), 6-3.
Rice clinched the match after winning the first three singles courts in straight sets. The Bulls (7-11), however, had a strong performance on courts that went unfinished.
Two Bulls took their first set:
Evelyne Tiron (Bucharest, Romania) won the first set, 7-5, and had 2-0 advantage in the second. Timmermans, also put on a dominant performance to take the first set, 6-4 and a 3-3 hold in the second set before play was discontinued.
Quotable
Head Coach Cristina Moros on Saturday's loss:
"Rice handled the windy conditions much better than us today and deserved the win. We had some bright spots today at the four and six spots. From here on out we all need to be on the same page and if we have the team, I believe we have, we will find a way to make that happen from here on out."
Match Results:
Singles competition:
1. Michaela Haet (RICE) def.
Laura Pellicer (USF) 6-2, 6-2
2.
Grace Schumacher (USF) vs. Federica Trevisan (RICE) 4-6, 0-5, unfinished
3. #63 Linda Huang (RICE) def.
Amelie Boy (USF) 6-0, 6-2
4.
Evelyne Tiron (USF) vs. Anna Bowtell (RICE) 7-5, 2-0, unfinished
5. Anastasia Smirnova (RICE) def.
Alexandria Mjos (USF) 6-0, 6-2
6.
Margriet Timmermans (USF) vs. Diae El Jardi (RICE) 6-4, 3-3
Doubles competition:
1. Diae El Jardi/Maria Budin (RICE) def.
Amelie Boy/
Grace Schumacher (USF) 6-1
2.
Grace Eland/
Laura Pellicer (USF) vs. Michaela Haet/Federica Trevisan (RICE) 2-5, unfinished
3. Anastasia Smirnova (RICE) def.
Alexandria Mjos/
Margriet Timmermans (USF) 6-3
Up Next:
South Florida remains in Miami to play against FIU tomorrow at 12 p.m. at the FIU Tennis Courts.
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Head coach Cristina Moros will be in her sixth year at the helm, as she led the program to an American Athletic Conference Championship in 2017.
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