SAN DIEGO, Calif. - University of Hawai`i senior
Sabita Walkup advanced to the consolation finals on day four of the Wilson/ITA West Region Championships Sunday at the Barnes Tennis Center.
Walkup, the 20th-seeded player and lone Rainbow Wahine left in the tournament, needed three sets to oust UCLA's Anna Victoria Lind, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1. Walkup, a transfer from Tennessee, will play Katja Decker-Sudowski of USC, who hasn't lost a set in consolation singles play.
Six other Rainbow Wahine played extra consolation matches. Senior Samanta Cappella won both of her matches, beating Sarah Yang of UCLA in three sets, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 and UC Santa Barbara's Wilson, 7-6 (2), 6-2.
The tournament concludes Monday with the singles main draw and consolation singles championships.
Wilson/ITA West Region Championships
Singles Consolation Semifinals
Sabita Walkup (UH) def. Anna Victoria Lind (UCLA), 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
Extra Consolation Singles
Samanta Cappella (UH) def. Sarah Yang (UCLA), 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Samanta Cappella (UH) def. Kristen Wilson (UCSB), 7-6(2), 6-2.
Kana Aikawa (UH) def. Kasia Krasinska (CSUN), 6-0, 7-5.
Carina Bjornstrom (UCSB) def. Kana Aikawa (UH), 6-1, 6-1.
Chloe Bihag (UH) def. Noelle Hirniese (UCSB), 6-4, 6-1.
Charlotte Scatliffe (UCSB) def. Chloe Bihag (UH), 6-4, 6-1.
Ozge Atalay (SDSU) def. Jacqui Willliams (UH), 6-3, 6-4.
Jacqui Willliams (UH) def Asogi Onaga (UCSB), 6-3, 6-1.
Yuki Hagiwara (SDSU) def. Florence Wasko (UH), 6-0, 6-4.
Tova Hausman (UCSB) def. Florence Wasko (UH), 6-1, 6-0.
Kathryn Kitts (SDSU) def. Julia Sandborn (UH), 6-0, 6-0.
Noelle Hirniese (UCSB) def. Julia Sandborn (UH), 6-1, 2-6, 6-0.
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