WAIPAHU - The Hawai'i women's tennis team dropped its first Western Athletic Conference match of the season to No. 64 Boise State, 5-2, Monday afternoon, at the Central Oahu Tennis Complex. The Rainbow Wahine fell to 7-10 and 3-1 in the WAC, while suffering its fifth consecutive loss.

Boise State took the early 1-0 lead after winning all three doubles matches. But the Rainbow Wahine fought back in singles competition. UH won the Nos. 2 and 5 positions as Sylvia Jaros swept Alissa Ayling, 6-2, 6-2, and Renata Camargo defeated Tiffany Coll, 6-1, 6-1. The victory for Camargo was her 12th of the season and improved her two-year singles record to 24-5 in dual matches.

Junior Lauren Fitzgerald nearly pulled off the upset of previously ranked Jemima Hayward at the No. 1 court. Fitzgerald had match-point in the third set, with a 6-5 lead, but could not put away her opponent in falling 7-6 (3) in the tie-breaker. Junior Paige Mainor let a 1-0 set lead slip away in her match to Megan Bjorkman at the No. 4 court, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.

"We played even with them and all of the matches were tight," head coach Carolyn Katayama said. " It came down to a few matches that could've gone either way. Our performance just tells us that we're improving as a team and getting better as the season progresses."

The Rainbow Wahine hit the court against Kansas, Wednesday, March 24. Doubles action begins at 10:00 a.m. at the Central Oahu Tennis Complex.


Match Results
Boise State def. Hawai`i, 5-2
Singles
1. Jemima Hayward (BSU) def. Lauren Fitzgerald, 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (3)
2. Erin Polowski (BSU) def. Justine Boutet, 6-1, 6-1
3. Sylvia Jaros def. Alissa Ayling (BSU), 6-2, 6-2
4. Megan Bjorkman (BSU) def. Paige Mainor, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
5. Carolina Pongratz (BSU) def. Kimberly Curtis, 6-1, 7-6 (3)
6. Renata Camargo def. Tiffany Coll (BSU), 6-1, 6-1

Doubles
1. Hayward/Polowski (BSU) def. Fitzgerald/Mainor, 8-2
2. Ayling/Bjorkman (BSU) def. Boutet/Jaros, 8-2
3. Coll/Pongratz (BSU) def. Curtis/Camargo, 8-4



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