Match Results

HONOLULU—The No. 53 University of Hawai'i women's tennis team (9-7) held off a charging UC Davis squad for a 4-3 victory at the UH Tennis Complex on Friday afternoon.
 
The Rainbow Wahine started strong, sweeping the doubles matches, 3-0 to capture the match's first point. UH's No. 1 pair of Barbara Pinterova and Jamie Pawid handled UC Davis' Megan Heneghan and Kelly Chui, 8-2. The No. 3 duo of Aglae Van den Bergh and Martina Kostalova then defeated Dahra Zamudio and Nicole Koehly, 8-3. In the final and closest doubles match of the day, UH's Katarina Poljakova and Xenia Suworowa won the final two games to close out the doubles action with a 9-7 win over Layla Sanders and Ellie Edles.
 
In singles, however, the Aggies battled back. Edles started their rally by defeating Van den Bergh, 6-2, 6-2. UH then went back in front with Pawid defeating Chui soundly, 6-2, 6-0. UCD though won the next two matches with Heneghan besting Pinterova, 6-4, 6-1 and Layla Sanders holding off Suworowa, 6-4, 6-2. Hawai'i's Poljakova then evened the match at 3-to-3 with a hard fought 7-5 (5), 6-4 win over Zamudio. Kostalova then battled back to seal the win for the 'Bows in the longest match of the day, defeating Lauren Curry 6-2, 5-7, 6-2.
 
The Rainbow Wahine conclude their 11-match homestand with their final home matches of the year against two conference opponents in Utah State (Friday, April 6) and San Jose State (Sunday, April 8).
 
 
Doubles (Order of finish: 1,3,2)
1. Barbara Pinterova/Jamie Pawid (UH)  def. Megan Heneghan/Kelly Chui (UCD), 8-2
2. Katarina Poljakova/Xenia Suworowa (UH) def. Layla Sanders/Ellie Edles (UCD), 9-7
3. Aglae Van den Bergh/Martina Kostalova (UH) def. Dahra Zamudio/Nicole Koehly (UCD) 8-3
Exhibition: Nicole Koehly/Melissa Kobayakawa (UCD) def. Kelsey Daguio/Rebecca Faltusz (UH), 8-3  
 
Singles (Order of finish: 6,3,1,5,2,4)
1. Heneghan (UCD) def Pinterova (UH), 6-4, 6-1
2. Poljakova (UH) def Zamudio (UCD), 7-6 (5), 6-4
3. Pawid (UH) def. Chui (UCD), 6-2, 6-0
4. Kostalova (UH) def. Lauren Curry (UCD), 6-2, 5-7, 6-2
5. Layla Sanders (UCD) def. Suworowa (UH), 6-4, 6-2
6. Edles (UCD) def. Van den Bergh (UH), 6-2, 6-2