HONOLULU—The University of Hawai'i women's tennis team opened its home fall season with the first day of the Hawai'i Anuenue Invitational. On Friday, UH took on Hawai'i Pacific in their first matches of the tournament on Friday afternoon at the UH Tennis Complex.
The Rainbow Wahine dominated the competition against HPU on Day 1. In doubles, the 'Bows won four-of-five matches while in singles, UH captured five-of-six.
In doubles, the two closest matches featured UH's Klara Pribylova and Michele Pits defeating HPU's Lara Meccico and Leticia Gonzalez dos Santos, 6-3. UH's Nicole Doladova and Ali Houbova knocked off the Sharks' Oceane Adam and Monica Green in their second match of the day, 6-3. Hawai'i's senior and freshman combination of
Cindy Nguyen and
Petra Melounova defeated Nicole Hoynaski and Barbora Kijasova, 6-2. Sophomore partners
Marina Hruba and
Roxanne Resma almost blanked HPU's Adam and Greene, 6-1.
Head coach
Jun Hernandez played his young guns his the singles lineup on Friday. Rookie Melounova won the first set, but dropped the second before coming back to earn a three-set win over Meccico, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. Houbova made her return to the hard courts for her redshirt freshman season after missing the entire spring season last year with an injury. She defeated dos Santos in straight sets, 6-4, 6-1. Fellow freshman Dolakova, held off Adam in consecutive sets, 6-4, 6-3 while Pits defeated Kijasova 6-4, 6-2. Storch also won in consecutive sets over Greene, 6-4, 6-3..
Day Two of the Anuenue Invitational wiill begin at 11:00 a.m. at the UH Tennis Complex.
Doubles Results:
Klara Pribylova/
Michelle Pits (UH) def. Lara Meccico/Leticia Gonzalez dos Santos (HPU), 6-3
Cindy Nguyen/
Petra Melounova (UH) def. Nicole Hoynaski/Barbora Kijasova (HPU), 6-2
Marina Hruba/
Roxanne Resma (UH) def. Oceane Adam/Monica Greene (HPU), 6-1
Nicole Dolakova /Ali Houbova (UH) def. Oceane Adam/Monica Greene (HPU), 6-3
Nicole Hoynaski/Barbora Kijasova (HPU) def.
Saga Shermis/
Sophia Storch (UH), 6-1
Singles Results:
Ali Houbova (UH) def. Leticia dos Santos (HPU), 6-4, 6-1
Nicole Dolakova (UH) def. Oceane Adam (HPU), 6-4, 6-3
Nicole Hoynaski (HPU) def.
Marina Hruba (UH), 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
Petra Melounova (UH) def. Lara Meccico (HPU), 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
Michelle Pits (UH) def. Barbora Kijasova (HPU), 6-4, 6-2
Sophia Storch (UH) def. Monica Greene (HPU), 6-4, 6-3
