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Women's Tennis Falls at No. 17 Fresno State

FRESNO, Calif. - The University of Hawai'i women's tennis team fell to No. 17 Fresno State 7-0 on Saturday afternoon at the Wathen Tennis Complex in Fresno, Calif. The loss snaps UH's two-match winning streak.

After posting back-to-back victories at home, the Rainbow Wahine traveled to Fresno to face the top ranked WAC team in the Bulldogs. With the loss UH falls to 2-15, while Fresno State improved to 12-7.

Fresno State swept the doubles point to earn the one point. In singles action, No. 82 Sophie Kobuch lost to No. 21 Anastasia Petukhova 6-4, 6-0. At the No. 3 position, Natasha Zorec had one of the closests matches of the day, falling to Tinesta Rowe, 6-4, 7-6 (5).

UH returns to action Sunday, when it faces No. 37 Saint Mary's. UH will then face Eastern Washington on April 15, and fellow WAC foe, Idaho on April 16.

No. 17 Fresno State def. Hawai'i 7-0
Doubles (Fresno State wins doubles point)
1) No. 30 Kucerkova/Petukhova (FS) def. Kobuch/Bihag (UH), 8-2
2) Paes/Rowe (FS) def. Goldman/Zorec (UH), 8-3
3) Beatty/Haskett (FS) def. Tanaka/Sanborn (UH), 8-1
Order of completion: 3, 1, 2

Singles
1) No. 21 Anastasia Petukhova (FS) def. No. 82 Sophie Kobuch (UH), 6- 4, 6-0
2) Renata Kucerkova (FS) def. Chloe Bihag (UH), 6-0, 6-0
3) Tinesta Rowe (FS) def. Natasha Zorec (UH), 6-4, 7-6 (5)
4) *Jacqueline Haskett (FS) def. Julia Sanborn (UH), 6-0, 6-2
5) Bruna Paes (FS) def. Jennifer Goldman (UH), 6-0, 6-1
6) Elizabeth McFeeters (FS) def. Brittany Beswick (UH), 6-0, 6-1
Order of completion: 6, 2, 4, 1, 5, 3
* clinched match
Records: Fresno State (12-7); Hawai'i (2-15)

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