Owls beat New Mexico State 5-2 with Natalie resting after playing doubles. We ran into Natalie after the TCU game and we chatted about not only the baseball game but also the Lady's match with Tulsa. It's unfortunate that their match is the same time as the Tech game.

http://www.riceowls.com/sports/w-tennis/...14aaa.html


We met Natalie at a football game last year and bump into her on campus fairly often. She never fails to say hi and chat with us for a while. She is a great asset to Rice...just the epitome of Rice athletes. Really glad she will get a chance to play at the new tennis complex.

Yet another example of the fact that the best advertisement for Rice athletics -- bar none -- is Rice athletes. Once one gets to know our athletes, it is impossible not to root for them. Indeed, it is impossible not to think that they are the kind of people one has wanted to root for all one's life.

Tennis moved to 11 a.m. as showers expected early afternoon.

(03-02-2014 07:52 AM)Tiki Owl Wrote:  Tennis moved to 11 a.m. as showers expected early afternoon.

Tulsa blitzes the Owls, 4-1. Dominique had the only Rice win: 6-2, 6-0 at #2.

(03-02-2014 03:35 PM)Almadenmike Wrote:  

(03-02-2014 07:52 AM)Tiki Owl Wrote:  Tennis moved to 11 a.m. as showers expected early afternoon.

Tulsa blitzes the Owls, 4-1. Dominique had the only Rice win: 6-2, 6-0 at #2.

Since juggling the lineup I don't think other than for an overmatched NMSU team we have won the doubles point. Need to win that and give yourself some room in the singles.

Latest Rankings with Schedule

Singles
#60 Natalie Beazant
#85 Katherine Ip
#110 Dominique Harmath

Doubles
#67 Natalie Beazant and Liat Zimmermann

Team
#26 (Previous Week #26)

vs Lamer W 7-0
ITA Kickoff Weekend
N vs #36 Florida State W 4-3
N vs #22 Texas L 4-1
vs #4 Stanford L 5-2
@ #17 Baylor L 6-1
vs Mcneese State W 7-0
Blue Gray National Tennis Classic
N #29 Oklahoma St. W 4-3
N #21 Auburn W 4-2
N #8 Alabama L 4-3
vs New Mexico State W 5-2
vs #19 Tulsa* L 4-1
vs Texas State W 7-0
N #55 Georgia State
@ Tulane*
vs Missouri
@ William & Mary
N #50 Yale
vs #30 DePaul
vs #17 Baylor
vs UTSA*

#26 Rice 6
#31 DePaul 1

http://www.riceowls.com/livestats/w-tenn.../xlive.htm

Rice is back in the Top 25. The team hosts #17 Baylor tomorrow. The teams met two months ago, with Baylor winning 6-1. A conference match vs UTSA on Sunday will be the last match before the Conference Championships begin on 4/17 in Virginia.

Singles (Previous Ranking)
#82 Katherine Ip (#86)
#103 Natalie Beazant (#60)
#109 Dominique Harmath (#110)

Doubles
#48 Natalie Beazant Liat Zimmermann (#67)

Team
#21 (Previous Week #26) (13-5, 1-1)
vs Lamer W 7-0
ITA Kickoff Weekend
N vs #45 Florida State W 4-3
N vs #22 Texas L 4-1
vs #7 Stanford L 5-2
@ #17 Baylor L 6-1
vs Mcneese State W 7-0
Blue Gray National Tennis Classic
N #23 Oklahoma St. W 4-3
N #24 Auburn W 4-2
N #9 Alabama L 4-3
vs New Mexico State W 5-2
vs #20 Tulsa* L 4-1
vs Texas State W 7-0
N #62 Georgia State W 5-2
@ Tulane* W 4-0
vs Missouri W 6-1
@ William & Mary W 6-0
N #59 Yale W 4-3
vs #39 DePaul W 6-1
vs #17 Baylor
vs UTSA*

Sunday is the last scheduled match at Jake Hess. It's also the last home match for the two outstanding seniors who have combined for over 180 wins in singles over their careers. Some support at both matches would be great. They deserve it.

(04-08-2014 04:19 PM)dragon2owl Wrote:  Rice is back in the Top 25. The team hosts #17 Baylor tomorrow. The teams met two months ago, with Baylor winning 6-1. A conference match vs UTSA on Sunday will be the last match before the Conference Championships begin on 4/17 in Virginia.

It's rare to face a team twice in the same season. Time for revenge!

They dropped out of the top 25 without losing a match? Baseball America would implode at the thought! (unless the last ranking was before the Tulsa loss...)

(04-08-2014 05:06 PM)mrbig Wrote:  They dropped out of the top 25 without losing a match? Baseball America would implode at the thought! (unless the last ranking was before the Tulsa loss...)

From ITA website,

Quote:Q: How do the team computer rankings work?
A: The main thing to remember for the first team computer ranking in March is that it is administered in an entirely different method than the rankings published during the first five weeks of the spring season. The weekly poll is based primarily on week-to-week results. For example, a voter looks at the No. 10 team and asks themselves, “what did this team do last week (or recently),” and then decides to move them up, drop them or keep them in the same spot. Whereas each week the computer determines what a team has done up to that point in the entire season. Where a team is ranked on one week has no impact where it will be ranked the next week - it is where its opponents are ranked that matters most.

This is a scenario that typically happens during the first computer rankings to several teams: a team is No. 20 this week; it started there in the preseason ranking and stayed within a couple spots of that ranking in the ensuing weeks; it has a 6-3 record - all of its losses are to teams ranked in front of them, while all its wins are ranked past No. 50. This team is probably going to drop some. Also, for about 50-60 of the top 75 teams in the rankings there will be likely little change in their March 1 ranking. But there are going to be about 15-25 teams that make significant moves (up, down and out) and that will impact the second computer rankings (so if you beat a team that was No. 40 in the first computer ranking that drops to No. 60 in the second computer ranking, it will hurt you in the third computer ranking). There is still some voting in these rankings. For the fourth straight season the ITA National Ranking Committee continued to vote on and review spots No. 50-75 in the first few computer rankings.
One more thing to remember - a team is given credit for where its opponents are ranked the previous week. So if you beat a team when it was No. 40 back on Jan. 29 and it is No. 10 on Feb. 24 - you'll be given credit for a win over No. 10. Conversely, if that team went from No. 10 to No.
40, you'd be given credit for a win over No. 40. Each week you'll want to keep a close tab on where teams you've played go in the rankings because it will impact your ranking average in the next ranking. A road win gives an added bonus of 10% to the team for that individual win. Additional points are also given to teams that progress further in the NCAA Team championships at the end of the year.

So close, but #17 Baylor defeats #21 Rice, 4-3.