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February 8, 2008 > Sports

Men's tennis faces early test in No. 24 Miami Sunday at home

· Pride -- one of the many intangibles that sports has to offer. For the men's tennis team, pride was something they had been lacking, especially after their season-opening loss to unranked University of Southern Florida Jan. 27. But with last week's astounding wins over North Carolina State University and University of North Carolina, two teams ranked in the top 20 nationally, it is safe to say that Rice has every reason to

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Seniors lead women's track at Houston Indoor Invitational

· Before its season began, the women's track team knew it would have to rely on its seniors if it was going to have any success during the indoor season, and last weekend they did not disappoint. The dynamic senior duo of Lennie Waite and Callie Wells grabbed individual gold medals in the 800 meters and 3,000 meters, respectively, to lead Rice last weekend at the Houston Indoor Invitational.

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Swimmers prep for C-USA meet with easy win

· At a meeting before the start of the swim team's meet last Friday against the University of New Orleans, head coach Seth Huston made an enticing offer. Looking to motivate the Owls against a weaker opponent, Huston promised to give the team an extra day off from practice if they accumulated 13 season-best times during the meet.

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