SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - The University of Hawai`i women's tennis team dropped its second of its three-match southern California to the Cal Poly Mustangs, 5-2, Friday at the Mustang Courts. The Rainbow Wahine dropped to 4-14 on the year and have lost four straight dual matches. The Mustangs improved to 7-10.

The Rainbow Wahine jumped off to a great start by winning two of the three doubles matches to earn the doubles point. The freshmen duo of Julia Hodes and Sophie Kobuch shut out Diane Filip and Brittany Blalock at the No. 1 position, 8-0. The team of junior Chloe Bihag and senior Florence Wasko squeezed by Maria Malec and Shannon Brady at the No. 2 court, 8-6.

Despite winning only one of the six singles matches, the Rainbow Wahine fought valiantly. In her second match back, Hodes held on to beat Steffi Wong in three-sets, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2. After winning a close first set in a tiebreaker, Bihag dropped the next two sets to Filip at the No. 4 court, 6-7, 6-2, 6-0. Senior Samanta Cappella lost a tight two-set match to Malec at the No. 5 position, 6-3, 7-6 (2).

The Rainbow Wahine will conclude their three-match southern California road trip on Saturday, April 7, against UC Santa Barbara.

Cal Poly def. Hawai`i, 5-2
Doubles (UH wins doubles point)
1 Hodes/Kobuch def. Filip/Blalock (CP), 8-0,
2 Bihag/Florence Wasko def. Malec/Brady (CP), 8-6
3. Wong/Bradford (CP) def. Sandborn/Aikawa 8-4

Singles (each match worth one team point)
1. Brittany Blalock (CP) def. Sophie Kobuch, 6-4, 6-3
2. Julia Hodes def. Steffi Wong (CP), 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
3. Shannon Brady (CP) def. Kana Aikawa, 6-3, 6-1
4. Diane Filip (CP) def. Chloe Bihag, 6-7, 6-2, 6-0
5. Maria Malec (CP) def. Samanta Cappella, 6-3, 7-6 (2)
6. Melissa Bradford (CP) def. Julia Sandborn, 6-1, 6-1

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