BERKELY, Calif.—The University of Hawai'i women's tennis team was upended by No. 12 California on Thursday afternoon at the Hellman Tennis Complex. The Rainbow Wahine fell to 5-9 with the loss.

 

Cal started the day by sweeping doubles with a win coming from top ranked No. 3 Mari Andersson and Jana Juricova over Barbara Pinterova and Katarina Poljakova.   

 

The Rainbow Wahine fought hard in singles but were defeated on all six courts by the Bears (11-4) who boast four nationally ranked singles players. No. 109 Poljakova suffered her third loss of the season but remains strong with a 10-3 dual match record.

 

Next up, UH will take on their first WAC opponent of the season, Nevada, on Saturday, March 19. The match will be held at San Jose State's Spartan Tennis Complex. First serve will be at 11:00 am PT (8:00 am HT).

 

1. No. 3 Andersson/Juricova (CAL) def. Pinterova/Poljakova (UH) 8-0

2. Goransson/Schutting (CAL) def. Alyssa Nafarrete/Magdalena Ploch (UH) 8-2

3. Davis/Duranteau (CAL) def. Aglae Van den Bergh/Natasha Zorec (UH) 8-3

Order of finish: 1, 2*, 3

 

1. No. 4 Jana Juricova (CAL) def. No. 109 Poljakova (UH) 6-1, 6-4

2. No. 31 Mari Andersson (CAL) def. Ploch (UH) 6-0, 6-0

3. No. 57 Annie Goransson (CAL) def. Pinterova (UH) 6-4, 6-2

4. Anett Schutting (CAL) def. Zorec (UH) 6-1, 6-0

5. No. 48 Tayler Davis (CAL) def. Nafarrete (UH) 6-0, 6-2

6. Marina Cossou (CAL) def. Van den Bergh (UH) 6-3, 6-0

Order of finish: 4, 2, 5*, 6, 1, 3