Aoka Nagasawa Serves During Win Over St. Mary's (TX) At Home (Jan. 22, 2026 - San Antonio, Texas)Aoka Nagasawa Serves During Win Over St. Mary's (TX) At Home (Jan. 22, 2026 - San Antonio, Texas)
Women's Tennis

Rice Topples UTSA 6-1 in Space City

HOUSTON – On Thursday, UTSA Women’s Tennis hit the road, visiting American Conference foe Rice. The Owls entered with a misleading 4-3 record, boasting impressive wins and three losses to Power Four programs. Rice took the dual comfortably, handing the Roadrunners their second loss of the spring (4-2) and snapping a three-match winning streak.

Match 6

Rice controlled the contest early, taking two of three courts in doubles play. Celine Absawi and Laia Tarazona Peyro managed to pick up a 6-3 victory on court three, but the Owls took a 1-0 edge into singles action. By the time UTSA got on the board, the damage had been done as the hosts already held a 4-0 lead. Aoka Nagasawa was the lone visitor to take home a win, doing so via a 6-4, 6-4 margin on the fifth court.

DOUBLES

  1. Darya Schwartzman/Nithesa Selvaraj (Rice) def. Natalia Castaneda Guerrero/Giuliana Giardina (UTSA) 7-5
  2. Divna Ratkovic/Ema Mravcova (Rice) def. Aoka Nagasawa/Akari Tomoyose (UTSA) 6-1
  3. Celine Absawi/Laia Tarazona Peyro (UTSA) def. Fernanda Martinez/Daniela Chica (Rice) 6-3

Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1

SINGLES

  1. Darya Schwartzman (Rice) def. Natalia Castaneda Guerrero (UTSA) 6-1, 6-2
  2. Divna Ratkovic (Rice) def. Celine Absawi (UTSA) 6-2, 6-2
  3. Francesca Maguina (Rice) def. Akari Tomoyose (UTSA) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
  4. Nithesa Selvaraj (Rice) def. Giuliana Giardina (UTSA) 6-2, 6-0
  5. Aoka Nagasawa (UTSA) def. Fernanda Martinez (Rice) 6-4, 6-4
  6. Daniela Chica (Rice) def. Laia Tarazona Peyro (UTSA) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4

FINAL SCORE: UTSA 4, Rice 1

Feb. 12, 2026

George R. Brown Tennis Center

Houston, Texas

Records: UTSA 4-2, Rice 5-3

Order of finish: Doubles: (1, 2, 3); Singles: (4, 1, 2, 5, 3, 6)

UP NEXT

Tomorrow, Houston will host UTSA at 1 p.m. from Barbara Wallace Winston Tennis Facility. After its second match in Houston, the Navy & Orange will take a post-Mardi-Gras trip to New Orleans. The Roadrunners are set to visit Tulane on Friday, Feb. 20, before playing a doubleheader the next day. Conference foe South Florida will await at Noon before the Privateers of New Orleans will cap off the weekend at 4 p.m., on Saturday, Feb. 21.

-UTSA-