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Rainbow Wahine Seniors Bow Out of ITA Main Draw

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The University of Hawai`i women's tennis team completed day two of the Wilson/ITA West Region Championships Friday at the Barnes Tennis Center.

Senior Samanta Cappella fell to 16th-seeded Nikola Dimitrova of UNLV, 6-0, 6-0, and the doubles team of seniors Sabita Walkup and Jacqui Williams lost to top-seed Alex McGoodwin and Riza Zalameda of UCLA, 8-1.

In consolation singles play, junior Julia Sandborn lost a tough three-set match to Loyola Marymount's Erin Ivey, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. Senior Kana Aikawa won a three-set match over UNLV's Mery Constanti, 5-7, 6-2, 6-0, in the round of 64. Aikawa was then ousted in the round of 32 to Stefanie Wetmore of UCLA, 6-3, 6-3. Walkup advanced to the round of 16 with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over H.R. Espiritu of UC Riverside.

The tournament continues Saturday as Walkup will compete for a spot in the consolation quarterfinals versus Silvia Gutierrez of Cal State Northridge.

Wilson/ITA West Region Championships
Singles Round of 64
Nikola Dimitrova (UNLV) def. Samanta Cappella (UH), 6-0, 6-0

Doubles Round of 32
McGoodwin/Zalameda (UCLA) def. Walkup/Williams (UH), 8-1

Singles Consolation Round of 64
Erin Ivey (LMU) def. Julia Sandborn (UH), 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
K. Decker Sadowski (USC) def. Chloe Bihag (UH), 6-0, 6-3
Erynne Oki (UCR) def. Florence Wasko (UH), 6-2, 6-4
Kana Aikawa (UH) def. Mery Constanti (UNLV), 5-7, 6-2, 6-0
Natalia Toporowsaka (Arizona) def. Jacqui Williams (UH), 6-0, 7-5

Singles Consolation Round of 32
Sabita Walkup (UH) def. H.R. Espiritu (UCR), 6-0, 6-0
Stefanie Wetmore (UCLA) def. Kana Aikawa (UH), 6-3, 6-3

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