KOHALA, Hawai`i - The University of Hawai`i women's tennis team concluded the first-ever Mauna Lani Bay Tennis Classic with the second day of action versus UCLA Tuesday at the Mauna Lani Hotel & Bungalows. The nationally ranked Bruins again won the majority of matches, but UH scored impressive wins by junior Magdalena Ploch and freshman newcomer Xenia Suworowa.

 

UCLA sports five nationally ranked singles players and two nationally ranked doubles teams, but UH got the best of the Bruins in two match-ups. Ploch upset No. 53 McCall Jones at the top of the lineup with a thrilling 6-4, 2-6, 7-5, victory. Meanwhile, Suworowa also scored an upset win for the 'Bows. In just her third collegiate match, the native of Germany took down No. 102 Courtney Dolehid 6-4, 6-0 on the No. 5 court.

 

The Rainbow Wahine will next be in action at home when they take on Idaho (April 1) and Louisiana Tech (April 3) in a pair of Western Athletic Conference matches at the UH Tennis Complex.  

 

1. Magdalena Ploch (UH) #53 def. McCall Jones (UCLA) 6-4, 2-6, 7-5

2. #40 Noelle Hickey (UCLA) def. #109 Katarina Poljakova 6-4, 6-3

3. #59 Andrea Remynse (UCLA) def. Natasha Zorec (UH) 6-1, 6-1

4. #92 Pamela Montez (UCLA) def. Barbara Pinterova (UH) 6-1, 6-4

5. Xenia Suworowa (UH) def.  #102 Courtney Dolehide (UCLA) 6-4, 6-0

6. Maya Johansson (UCLA) def.  Alyssa Nafarrete (UH) 6-2, 6-0

7. Carling Seguso (UCLA) def. Mari Tadaki (UH) 6-0, 6-1

8. Nina Pantic (UCLA) def. Aglae Van den Bergh (UH) 6-1, 6-1

 

1. #17 Dolehide/Remynse def. Nafarrete/ Ploch (UH) 8-4

2. #16 Hickey/ Jones (UCLA) def. Poljakova/ Pinterova (UH)  8-3

3. Johansson/ Montez (UCLA) def. Tadaki/Van den Bergh (UH) 8-0

 4. Pantic/Seguso (UCLA) def. Suworowa/ Zorec (UH) 8-4