HONOLULU--The No. 54 University of Hawai`i women's tennis team (0-1) continued their month-long homestand with a dual match with No. 47 Washington (2-0). The Huskies swept the Rainbow Wahine in their first dual match of 2013 on Saturday afternoon. 

Hawai`i's No. 1 duo of Katarina Poljakova and Xenia Suworowa battled hard, but eventually fell in their match to Elianne Douglas-Miron and Riko Shimizu, 8-5. UH's No. 2 pair of Paulina Petriskova and Martina Kostalova also fought hard, but fell to Natali Coronel and Grace Ysidora, 8-4 while UW's Julija Lukac and Andjela Nemecevic knocked off Kelsey Daguio and Rebecca Faltusz, 8-1.

The 'Bows struggled in singles play against the Huskies. Washington swept every singles match except for the eighth match of the day between UW's Brianna Kemp and Kelly Domingo. Domingo captured the first set, 7-5, but then Kemp bounced back to take the next two sets, 6-1 and 6-3. Suworowa also had a close match against Douglas-Miron, taking the first set to a tie-break in which Douglas-Miron came out on top and then took the second set 6-3.

Hawai`i concludes their homestand with their first Big West match on Monday, Jan. 21 against Cal Poly.

Women's Tennis Results
Hawai`i vs. Washington
UH Tennis Complex, Honolulu, O`ahu - Jan. 19, 2013
 
Doubles Results
Elianne Douglas-Miron/Riko Shimizu (UW) def. Katarina Poljakova/Xenia Suworowa, UH) 8-5
Natali Coronel/Grace Ysidora (UW) def. Paulina Petriskova/Martina Kostalova (UH), 8-4
Julija Lukac/Andjela Nemcevic (UW) def. Kelsey Daguio/Rebecca Faltusz (UH), 8-1
 
Singles Results
1. Grace Ysidora (UW) def. Katarina Poljakova (UH), 6-0, 6-0
2. Andjela Nemcevic (UW) def. Martina Kostalova (UH) 6-3, 6-2
3. Elianne Douglas-Miron (UW) def. Xenia Suworowa (UH) 7-6 (4), 6-3
4. Julija Lukac (UW) def. Paulina Petriskova (UH), 6-4, 6-1
5. Capucine Gregoire (UW) def. Kelsey Daguio (UH), 6-0, 7-5
6. Riko Shimizu (UW) def. Rebecca Faltusz (UH), 6-4, 6-1
Natali Coronel (UW) def. Daisy Green (UH) 6-1, 6-1
Brianna Kemp (UW) def. Kelly Domingo (UH) 5-7, 6-1, 6-3