HONOLULU—The University of Hawai'i men's tennis team (1-8, 0-1 Big West) fell to Elon, 6-1 at the UH Tennis Complex on Wednesday afternoon.
 
The Rainbow Warriors were close to capturing the doubles points. After falling on court No. 2, UH's No. 3 duo of Spencer Travalino and Eric Kenneth fell by just a break at 6-4 to Felipe Sarrasague and Louis Rico. But on the No. 1 court, UH's Felix Albert and Marcel Chan were leading Chris Humphreys and Petar Tomic, 6-5 when the Phoenix captured the doubles point.
 
In singles, Chan swept Louis Rico on the No. 4 court, 6-2, 6-4. Hawai'i's No. 3 Fabian Woehrl won his first set against Tomic, but fell by a break in the second set and then was edged out in a third set tie-breaker after the set was decided, 4-6, 7-5, 10-7. Travalino also fell in three sets to Humphreys on the No. 6 court, 3-6, 6-1, 7-5.
 
Hawai'i continues their busy week with a match against No. 40 Washington on Thursday and Fresno State on Friday. Both matches are slated to start at 3:00 p.m. at the UH Tennis Complex.


Elon 6, Hawaii 1
Mar 22, 2017 at Honolulu, HI (UH Tennis Complex) 

Singles competition

1. Felipe Sarrasague (ELON) def. Felix Albert (UH) 6-2, 6-4

2. Salvador Mijares (ELON) def. Igor Kolaric (UH) 6-2, 6-3

3. Petar Tomic (ELON) def. Fabian Woehrl (UH) 4-6, 7-5, 10-7

4. Marcel Chan (UH) def. Louis Rico (ELON) 6-2, 6-4

5. Jacob Bicknell (ELON) def. Eric Kenneth (UH) 6-3, 6-0

6. Chris Humphreys (ELON) def. Spencer Travalino (UH) 3-6, 6-1, 7-5

 

Doubles competition

1. Felix Albert/Marcel Chan (UH) vs. Chris Humphreys/Petar Tomic (ELON) 6-5, unfinished

2. Salvador Mijares/Neal Port (ELON) def. Igor Kolaric/Fabian Woehrl (UH) 6-1

3. Felipe Sarrasague/Louis Rico (ELON) def. Spencer Travalino/Eric Kenneth (UH) 6-4

 

Match Notes

Elon 7-9, 0-0 CAA

Hawaii 1-8, 0-1 Big West

Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (5,2,1,4,3,6)