? Day one results (.pdf)
HOUSTON ? Freshman Carolina Dedering, making her collegiate debut, and junior Karen Scida both advanced in their respective brackets at the 27th annual Rice Classic on Friday.
Dedering collected her first collegiate win in straight sets (6-4, 6-3) against Texas-Arlington’s Sara Pesci. Dedering will face Manami Karoda of Lamar at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. Meanwhile, Scida posted a 6-4, 6-4 win against Christine Dao of Rice in her first-round match. The Tucuman, Argentina, native will play against Nataila Bubin of SMU at noon on Saturday.
Also in action were junior Nathalie Wallin, who fell in straight sets to Carloine Larrson of Texas (6-4, 6-0), and junior Monika Drabkova, who dropped her match to Zuzana Chmelarova from Baylor.
In doubles action, Scida and Dedering lost a tough 9-8 decision against Baylor’s Karolina Fillpiak/Chmelarova. Drabkova and Wallin fell 8-0 to Dominique Karas/Dao from Rice.
