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Women's Tennis Tops Rice to Open Weekend
March 22, 2019 | Women's Tennis
In a battle of top-50 teams, the Princeton women's tennis team won the first of two matches on the weekend, defeating Rice 5-2 in Jadwin Gym.
The Tigers will host William & Mary Sunday at 11 a.m. in Jadwin.
Rice won the doubles point, but the Tigers rebounded by winning the first four singles matches off court, including Stephanie Schrage's win over a top-100 opponent in No. 95 Michael Haet. Brianna Shvets began the streak of wins with Schrage, Clare McKee and Nicole Kalhorn following to clinch it and Grace Joyce adding a fifth win.
#49 Princeton 5, #42 Rice 2
Doubles
1. #57 Niezgoda/A. Smirnova (Rice) def. Joyce/McKee (Princeton), 6-3
2. Nathlaie Rodilosso/Schrage (Princeton) def. El Jardi/Huang (Rice), 6-2
3. Bowtell/V. Smirnova (Rice) def. Shvets/Catalina Vives (Princeton), 6-2
Singles
1. Stephanie Schrage (Princeton) def. #95 Michaela Haet (Rice) 7-5, 6-1
2. Brianna Shvets (Princeton) def. Victoria Smirnova (Rice) 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
3. Grace Joyce (Princeton) def. Anastasia Smirnova (Rice), 7-6(2), 7-6(8)
4. Clare McKee (Princeton) def. Anna Bowtell (Rice), 7-5, 6-2
5. Nicole Kalhorn (Princeton) def. Priya Niezgoda (Rice), 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
6. Diae El Jardi (Rice) def. Tiffany Chen (Princeton), 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (2,1,4,5,3,6)
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