WAIPAHU - After rain forced the postponement of its matches the past two days, the skies finally cleared enough for the Hawai'i women's tennis team to fall to No. 19 Michigan, 7-0, Saturday, at the Central Oahu Tennis Complex. The Rainbow Wahine had its modest three-match win streak snapped and dropped to 5-4 on the year.

The Wolverines took the three doubles matches to take the early point. Michigan then won all six singles matches, all in straight sets. At No. 1 singles, junior Lauren Fitzgerald battled Michelle DaCosta but fell, 6-4, 6-3.

“We were hoping to split sets but we haven’t played in a few days because of the rain and it showed,” head coach Carolyn Katayama said. “He had too many errors today and they’re too good a team to get away with that. We’ll regroup and look forward to tomorrow.”

The Rainbow Wahine will play Long Beach State, Sunday, at 10:00 a.m. at the Central Oahu Tennis Complex.


Match Results
Michigan def. Hawai‘i, 7-0
Singles
1. Michelle DaCosta (UM) def. Lauren Fitzgerald, 6-4, 6-3
2. Elizabeth Exon (UM) def. Justine Boutet, 6-1, 6-0
3. Kavitha Tipimeni (UM) def. Paige Mainor, 6-1, 6-1
4. Chrissie Nolan (UM) def. Kimberly Curtis, 6-4, 6-0
5. Leanne Rutherford (UM) def. Kana Aikawa, 6-1, 6-3
6. Debra Streifler (UM) def. Renata Camargo, 6-0, 6-2

Doubles
1. DaCosta/Delicata (UM) def. Fitzgerald/Mainor, 8-4
2. Streifler/Kim Plaushines (UM) def. Jaros/Boutet, 8-1
3. Exon/Nolan (UM) def. Camargo/Curtis, 8-1



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