MIDLAND, Texas – Juniors Hana Kvapilova and Rishonia Israel-Lewis opened the 2019-20 season with victories in singles matches at the Midland Racquet Club Collegiate Invitational on Friday afternoon.
A junior college transfer from Hillsborough College in Florida, Kvapilova won her first match as a Bobcat when she defeated Silvia Viljoen of Abilene Christian in three sets by a score of 6-7, 6-2, 6-0 in the first round. She came back later in the afternoon to play Nell Miller of Texas Tech and dropped a 6-1, 6-1 decision.
Israel-Lewis recorded her victory in the consolation bracket after she dropped a 7-6, 6-1 decision against Jasmin Buchta of Lamar in the first round.