UH Tennis struggles in fall tournament

Santiago Gaughan/The CougarUH tennis hosted its first tournament of the 2021 fall season at the Barbara Wallace Winston Tennis Facility with Rice, North Texas and SMU all participating in the events over the weekend.

Here’s a closer look at what happened in the tournament:

Saturday

Weather disrupted the original scheduling, causing Friday’s play to be canceled and stayed present into Saturday, causing a five-hour delay just 30-minutes into the doubles matches.

The Cougars got off to a rough start after the rain delay, losing all three of the doubles matches against pairs from Rice and North Texas.

UH’s freshmen pairing of Elena Trencheva and Maria Dzemeshkevich surprised many and kept their…