Waipio, HI –The University of Hawai`i women’s tennis team could not be stopped today at the Central Oahu Tennis Complex. UH beat out the Spartans 6-1 improving their record to 8-10 on the season and 1-1 in the WAC.

The Rainbow Wahine jumped to an early 1-0 lead with wins on the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles court. On the No. 3 court the doubles team of Stacy Hakikawa and Mio Fukushima beat out San Jose’s Elke Harms and Kerilyn Grant, 8-3. The win marks the pair’s fourth win in six matches.

In singles play the Rainbow Wahine lost just a single match on their way to victory. On the No. 2 court Paige Mainor dropped her first set 5-7, but powered her way back in the second set 6-3. But Ana Lukner of San Jose proved too much for Mainor. Lukner won the last set 3-6.

The No. 5 court saw Renata Camargo soundly defeating Spartan Kathy Van, 6-2, 6-0. Camargo’s win marks the third in her current streak. Earlier this season Camargo maintained a six-match streak before dropping a match to Laura Gravino of Illinois State.

Next up the Rainbow Wahine face the Pioneers of Lewis and Clark College, 10:00AM at the University of Hawai`i Tennis Complex, Sunday March 23.

Results
Hawai`i 6 San Jose 1

Doubles
1. Lee/Lukner (SJSU) def. Curtis/Boutet, 8-4
2. Fitzgerald/Mainor def. Van/Vasu (SJSU), 8-1
3. Hakikawa/Fukushima def. Harms/Grant (SJSU), 8-3

Singles
1. Lauren Fitzgerald def. Noelle Lee (SJSU), 0-6, 6-1, 6-3
2. Ana Lukner (SJSU) def. Paige Mainor, 5-7, 6-3, 3-6
3. Stacy Hakikawa def. Coral Silverstone (SJSU), 6-2, 7-5
4. Mio Fukushima def. Whitney Vasu (SJSU), 6-0, 6-2
5. Renata Camargo def. Kathy Van (SJSU), 6-2, 6-0
6. Kimberly Curtis def. Elke Harms (SJSU), 7-6 (5), 6-3

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