Owls Official Site · Nov 6
Selvaraj Advances at ITA Sectionals; Bakaityte Picks Up Singles Win
11/5/2026 10:44:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Rice women's tennis players Nithesa Selvaraj and Uma Bakaityte each earned a singles win Thursday as the Owls opened play at the ITA Sectionals and ITA Conference Masters.
At the ITA Sectionals in Fort Worth, Texas, Selvaraj defeated TCU's Cristina Sierra 6-3, 6-3 in the round of 32. She advanced to the round of 16 and face Texas A&M's Sydney Jara at 9:30 a.m. Friday.
Bakaityte opened the ITA Conference Masters in Rome, Georgia, with a 6-3, 6-2 loss to Michigan's Reese Miller before defeating Buffalo's Aleksandra Kachuskina 6-1, 6-0 in the consolation bracket. She will face McNeese State's Salome Fluri at 1 p.m. Friday in the consolation quarterfinals.