Waipio, HI –Fierce competition and close points characterized the day, at the Central Oahu Regional Park as the University of Hawai`i women’s tennis team lost to the Illinois State Redbirds, 5-2. The Rainbow Wahine have a 5-9 record on the season.

The Redbirds won the first point of the day, capturing two out of three doubles matches. On the No. 2 court the doubles team of Lauren Fitzgerald and Paige Mainor extended their season win-streak to six with a win over Illinois State’s Shelby Lipson and Ashley Maxwell, 8-5.

On the singles side UH won just two of six matches despite a valiant effort. On the No. 3 and 4 courts Stacy Hakikawa and Mio Fukushima posted wins for the Rainbow Wahine. Mio Fukushima has won four of her last five matches for the Wahine. In a heartbreaker match, Renata Camargo lost just her second match of the season, 6-3, 6-3 to Laura Gravino.

The Rainbow Wahine face Bradley (16th ), West Virginia (17th) , and Wyoming (19th) next week at the Central Oahu Regional Park.

RESULTS:
Hawai`i 2, Illinois State 5

Singles
1. Liina Suurvarik (ISU) def. Lauren Fitzgerald (UH) 6-3, 6-3
2. Alesia Mikalayeva (ISU) def. Paige Mainor (UH), 6-3, 6-2
3. Stacy Hakikawa (UH) def. Emilie Sechaud (ISU), 6-2, 6-1
4. Mio Fukushima (UH) def. Elizabeth Bingier (ISU), 6-2, 7-5
5. Laura Gravino (ISU) def. Renata Camargo (UH), 6-3, 6-2
6. Alana Hoffman (ISU) def. Kimberly Curtis (UH), 6-3, 6-1

Doubles
1. Suurvarik-Mikalayeva (ISU) def. Curtis-Justine Boutet (UH), 8-0
2. Fitzgerald-Mainor (UH) def. Shelby Lipson-Ashley Maxwell (ISU), 8-5
3. Gravino-Hoffman (ISU) def. Hakikawa-Fukushima (UH), 8-2

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