RENO, Nev. – Playing in its first match in three weeks, the University of Hawai‘i women’s tennis team dropped a 6-1 decision to Nevada, Friday, at the Caughlin Tennis Club.

The Rainbow Wahine (5-15) struggled early on, dropping two of the three doubles matches giving the Wolf Pack a 1-0 lead. However, Hawai‘i looked to their freshman duo, Lauren Fitzgerald and Paige Mainor for motivation as they defeated No. 2 Vania Apodaca and Kodee Domingo, 8-4.

Fitzgerald carried the momentum into the singles portion of the competition as she blanked Nevada’s top player Tjasa Jezernik in the first set, 6-0. But Jezernik would soon turn the match around taking the second and third sets, 6-1, 6-1. Mainor had more success in her match, winning 6-1, 6-2 over Kodee Domingo for UH’s only point.


Match Results
Nevada def. Hawai‘i, 6-1

Singles
Tjasa Jezernik def. Lauren Fitzgerald (UH), 0-6, 6-1, 6-1
Vania Apodaca def. Stacy Hakikawa (UH), 6-4, 6-2
Biljana Trpeska def. Birgitte Brubakken (UH), 6-3, 6-2
Ana Bihler def. Polina Kravets (UH), 6-3, 6-3
Paige Mainor (UH) def. Kodee Domingo, 6-1, 6-2
Cherie Pettersson def. Justine Boutet (UH), 6-4, 6-3

Doubles
Jezernik/Trpeska def. Hakikawa/Brubakken (UH), 8-2
Fitzgerald/Mainor (UH) def. Apodaca/Domingo, 8-4
Pettersson/Bihler def. Kravets/Boutet (UH), 8-5




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