RUSTON – Louisiana Tech heads to the Lone Star State for a pair of road matches against Rice and Houston.

MATCH INFORMATION
Match One
Sunday, Feb. 11 | 11 a.m. CT | LA Tech at Rice
Live Video/Stats: HERE
Match Two
Monday, Feb. 12 | 11 a.m. CT | LA Tech at Houston
Live Video: HERE
Live Stats: HERE
 
ABOUT LOUISIANA TECH (5-2)
LA Tech is riding a three-match winning streak, shutting out a trio of teams at home in Louisiana Christian, Southern Arkansas, and LSU-Alexandria.
 
Olga Bienzobas and Alexia Romero continue to pace the team in singles, both riding four-match winning streaks.  Bienzobas, playing at the No. 1 spot, is 6-1, while Romero is 5-1 at the No. 6 position.  The Bulldogs are a combined 24-12 in dual singles matches this spring.
 
The doubles tandems of Ana Rodrigues/Valentina Vasquez and Zoie Epps/Tiffani Nash have each tallied four victories this spring.  LA Tech is a combined 11-7 in dual doubles.
 
ABOUT RICE (1-4)
Rice enters the weekend with one win so far this spring, a 4-0 shutout victory versus UL-Lafayette.  The remaining matches have been losses to Harvard and LSU as well as TCU and Northwestern at the ITA Kickoff Weekend.
 
The Owls, a former league opponent for the Bulldogs in CUSA, finished last season ranked No. 57 in the country.  Federica Trevisan anchors the team in singles with a 4-1 mark in duals at the top spot.  Rice has gone 4-6 in doubles as a team with two of those wins coming from the duo of Divna Ratkovic and Darya Schwartzman.
 
This will the ninth meeting all-time between the Owls and Bulldogs.  Rice has won every matchup in the series, including a 4-0 victory in the last meeting in 2018.
 
ABOUT HOUSTON (1-2)
After opening the spring with a 4-3 win over UL-Lafayette, the Cougars have suffered back-to-back 4-3 losses to North Texas and UT Rio Grande Valley.
 
The Cougars are a combined 8-10 in dual singles, paced by Sophie Schouten and Lauren Slisane who are a combined 5-1 while playing at the No. 3 and No. 1 spots, respectively.  The team is 5-4 in dual doubles, led by Schouten and Sonya Kovalenko with a 2-1 mark.
 
This will mark the 11th meeting all-time between LA Tech and Houston.  The Cougars have won all 10 meetings.  The two programs were supposed to meet last season in Ruston but both attempts were rained out.
 
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