? Match results
HOUSTON ? The UTSA women's tennis team dropped a 7-0 decision at Rice on Monday afternoon at Jake Hess Stadium. The Owls won for the third time in as many days to open the 2008 season, while the Roadrunners dropped to 0-2 on the year.
In doubles action, Julie Chao and Dominique Karas cruised to an 8-0 win against junior Karen Scida and freshman Caroline Dedering at the No. 1 position. Emily Braid and Varsha Shiva-Shankar then emerged with a hard-fought 8-6 victory against junior Nathalie Wallin and sophomore Holly Phillips at the bottom on the lineup. It was the second time in as many days that the No. 3 pair wrapped up the doubles point for the Owls. Tiffany Lee and Rebecca Lin also notched their first doubles win of the season in the No. 2 spot. After splitting the first 16 games, Lee and Lin rolled in the tiebreaker, 7-2, against senior Tanya Hasking and junior Monika Drabkova.
Rice took care of business in singles action up and down the line. The Owls didn't lose a set and only dropped a combined 23 games over the six matches.
Lee dismissed Drabkova 6-1, 6-1 in the No. 3 hole, while Karas and Braid took down Wallin and Hasking 6-2, 6-2 at No. 2 and No. 5, respectively. Chao and Lin both stayed undefeated at the No. 1 and No. 4 positions. Chao took down Scida 6-0, 6-3 and Lin collected a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Dedering. Shiva-Shankar recorded a 6-3, 6-2 triumph over Phillips to complete the sweep.
The Roadrunners are back in action at 10 a.m. on Friday when they open their home campaign against Middle Tennessee.
