DENTON – The 2023 Conference USA Women’s Tennis Championship Semifinals took place on Saturday with (1) FIU taking down (4) Louisiana Tech 4-0, while (3) Rice fought off (2) Charlotte with a final score of 4-2. The FIU Panthers and Rice Owls head to the championship match on Sunday at 10 a.m. CT.
C-USA Women’s Tennis Championship Central
Semifinal Matches – Saturday, April 22
(1) FIU 4, (4) Louisiana Tech 0
Box Score (PDF)
Doubles
1. #79 E. Khairutdinova/Kamila Umarova (FIU) def. Najah Dawson/Ana Rodrigues (TECH) 7-6 (7-4)
2. Olga Bienzobas/Alexia Romero (TECH) def. #75 Yasmine Kabbaj/Oyinlomo Quadre (FIU) 7-6 (7-3)
3. Salma Loudili/Katerina Mandelikova (FIU) def. Leonie Schuknecht/Ilana Tetruashvili (TECH) 6-3
Singles
1. Yasmine Kabbaj (FIU) vs. Leonie Schuknecht (TECH) 6-1, 4-5, unfinished
2. E. Khairutdinova (FIU) vs. Olga Bienzobas (TECH) 6-1, 5-6, unfinished
3. Oyinlomo Quadrea (FIU) def. Najah Dawson (TECH) 6-3, 6-2
4. Kamila Umarova (FIU) vs. Tiffani Nash (TECH) 6-2, 4-2, unfinished
5. Katerina Mandelikova (FIU) def. Ana Rodrigues (TECH) 6-4, 6-1
6. Salma Loudili (FIU) def. Valentina Vazquez (TECH) 6-3, 6-3
Match Notes:
4-seed Louisiana Tech 19-16
1-seed FIU 17-4
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (5,6,3)
(3) Rice 4, (2) Charlotte 2
Box Score (PDF)
Doubles
1. Maquet, Magaux/Quiterio, Lucia (CLT) def. Diae El Jardi/Allison Zipoli (RICE) 6-2
2. Sawhney, Kaavya/Schech, Ruxi def. Maria Budin/Federica Trevisan (RICE) 6-2
3. Petruzelova, Lucie/Wilkins, Emma vs. Saara Orav/Darya Schwartzman (RICE) 5-3, unfinished
Singles
1. Schech, Ruxi (CLT) vs. Allison Zipoli (RICE) 4-6, 6-3, 3-5, unfinished
2. Federica Trevisan (RICE) def. Quiterio, Lucia 6-4, 6-4
3. Maquet, Margaux (CLT) def. Diae El Jardi (RICE) 6-4, 6-3
4. Darya Schwartzman (RICE) def. Petruzelova, Lucie (CLT) 6-7 (7-9), 6-2, 6-0
5. Maria Budin (RICE) def. Wilkins, Emma (CLT) 6-0, 6-4
6. Saara Orav (RICE) def. Sawhney, Kaavya (CLT) 4-6, 6-1, 6-1
Match Notes:
3-seed Rice 13-8
2-seed Charlotte 22-6
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (5,3,2,4,6)