Complete Results

HOUSTON, Texas – The University of Texas-Pan American Broncs women's tennis team fell to the No. 36 Rice University Owls 7-0 on Saturday at Jake Hess Tennis Stadium.
 
The Broncs' (2-11) closest match came at No. 2 singles, where, after losing the first set 6-0, Wanda Beguelin won three games while dropping the second set 6-3. Suncica Strkic and Blanca Garcia Izaguirre each won a game in the second set of their matches, but the Owls (12-6) took the rest of the singles with double bagels.
 
In doubles, the No. 3 duo of Izaguirre and Cindy Sands won two games to fall 8-2, while the Owls took the other two matches 8-0.
 
The Broncs play their final match before hosting the Great West Conference Championships when they visit the University of Houston on Sunday at 11:00 a.m.
 
The University of Texas-Pan American Department of Intercollegiate Athletics competes at the NCAA Division I classification. UTPA, formerly known as Pan American College and Pan American University, is a part of the University of Texas System of Schools. The Broncs compete in 14 varsity sports; men's and women's basketball, golf, tennis, track and field, and cross country, along with women's volleyball and men's baseball. In 1963, then known as Pan American College, the Broncs men's basketball program won the NAIA National Championship with a 73-62 victory over Western Carolina. In 2008 UTPA joined the new all-sports division of the Great West Conference.