IRVINE, Calif. – The University of Hawai‘i men’s tennis team defeated Southwest Missouri State, 6-1, Friday, on the second day of the UCI Anteater Classic. The Warriors (15-9) will face Denver, Saturday, in the fifth place match, which will conclude their 10-day road trip through California.

The Warriors started the day by taking two of the three doubles matches to take a quick 1-0 lead. UH proceeded to win five of the six singles matches with its only slip up from Reginaldo Moralejo in the No. 1 position.

Malino Oda, Jorge Gonzalez, Lincoln Leeder and Kai Ohuchi found relative ease in their matches, each winning in straight sets.



Match Results
Hawai‘i def. Southwest Missouri State, 6-1

Singles
Pavel Hanek def. Reginaldo Moralejo (UH), 7-5, 6-0
Justin Menolascino (UH) def. Filip Knezevic, 6-4, 7-6
Malino Oda (UH) def. Rishi Garbharran, 6-4, 6-4
Jorge Gonzalez (UH) def. Sean Kembell, 6-2, 6-0
Lincoln Leeder (UH) def. Brent Kembell, 6-4, 6-4
Kai Ohuchi (UH) def. Jacob Neimeyer, 6-1, 6-1

Doubles
Leeder/Oda (UH) def. Hanek/Garbharran, 8-5
Knezevic/S. Kembell def. Moralejo/Menolascino (UH), 9-8
Ohuchi/Gonzalez (UH) def. B. Kembell/Neimeyer, 8-3
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