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Jason's Deli Collegiate Invitational
Cougars Post Strong Day at Jason's Deli Collegiate Invitational
11/1/2014 12:00:00 AM | Tennis
HOUSTON - The No. 38 University of Houston women's tennis team had another strong day at the Jason's Deli Collegiate Invitational, taking three victories on the second day of competition. Each of the four Cougars who competed notched wins on the day.
The Cougars transitioned to the Jack Hess Tennis Stadium on Saturday, where they competed mostly against opponents from Rice. The afternoon started with doubles, where Rocio Martin and Charlotte Phillips dominated Rice's Savannah Durkin and Liat Zimmerman, 8-1. UH's other doubles tandem, Elena Kordolaimi and Angela Lorenzo, fell in a heartbreaker, 8-7 (2) to Katherine Ip and Stephanie Nguyen.
Lorenzo was the only UH player to not face a Rice opponent in singles play, and she rolled to a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Louisiana Tech's Haley Ballinger. The shutout was the only one of the day in 25 matches at the Rice site.
Kordolaimi also smashed her competition, with a 6-0, 6-1 triumph over Rice's Allison Ho. The Owls were victorious in Houston's final two singles matches, with Martin falling to Ip, 6-2, 7-6 (4) and Phillips dropping a 6-1, 6-1 decision to Durkin.
UP NEXT FOR THE COUGARS
Houston will finish the Jason's Deli Collegiate Invitational on Sunday morning, with a 9 am start on the John E. Hoff Tennis Courts. UH will face opponents from TCU and Iowa State on the final day of competition.
Sophomore Despoina Vogasari, who did not compete on Saturday, continues to look ahead toward the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships. The event runs from November 6-9 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, N.Y., site of the US Open. Vogasari qualified for the event by winning the USTA/ITA Texas Regional Championships in mid-October.
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