Tulsa, Okla.--The No. 8 seeded University of Hawai`i Rainbow Wahine tennis team faced off against No. 9 seeded San Jose State in the Western Athletic Conference tournament at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center, Friday, but fell short in the first round, 4-2. Hawai`i ends its season with a 6-17 overall record while the Spartans advance to the second round to face top-seeded Fresno State.

Rainbow Wahine Stacy Hakikawa and Justine Boutet managed two victories for Hawai`i at the No. 2 and 5 positions. Hakikawa, a junior from Wahiawa, closed the match in two sets 6-2, 6-2, while freshman Boutet had no problem with her opponent as well, 6-0, 6-1.

Birgitte Brubakken and Kimberly Curtis took their matches to a deciding third set after splitting the first two. Brubakken lead early in the No. 3 position winning the first set, 6-2, but wouldn’t hold the lead as SJSU’s Ana Lukner took the next two, 6-3, 6-1. Curtis came back to take the second set in her match, 6-4, after falling in the first, 6-3 to Anna Nordell in the No. 6 position. Nordell edged Curtis, 7-6 in the third.





Rainbow Wahine Match Results

SJSU def. Hawai`i, 4-2

Singles
Noelle Lee def. Lauren Fitzgerald (UH), 6-4, 6-3
Stacy Hakikawa (UH) def. Coral Silverstone, 6-2, 6-2
Ana Lukner def Birgitte Brubakken (UH), 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
Helen Van def. Paige Mainor (UH), 6-1, 6-3
Justine Boutet (UH) def. Whitney Vasu, 6-0, 6-1
Anna Nordell def. Kimberly Curtis (UH), 6-3, 4-6, 7-6

Doubles
Fitzgerald/Mainor (UH) vs. Lee/Lukner, DNP
Brubakken/Hakikawa (UH) vs. Silverstone/Vasu, DNP
Boutet/Lyndsey Thomas (UH) vs. Van/Nordell, DNP