SAN DIEGO, Calif.—The University of Hawai'i women's tennis team competed on Day 2 of the ITA Southwest Regionals in San Diego, Calif. No. 51 Petra Melounova survived a pair of three set matches to advance to the Saturday's quarterfinals. In doubles, UH's Nikola Dolakova and Maayan Sela also moved on the quarterfinals with a win on Friday at the Barnes Tennis Center.
 
Melounova, the fourth seed in the tournament, swept Solymar Colling of San Diego in the Round of 32, 6-3, 6-2. Then, in the Round of 16, Melounova dropped the first set, before coming back to edge out Pepperdine's Anastasia Iamachkine in a second set tie-breaker before cruising to win the deciding third set, 4-6, 7-6, 6-1. In a battle between two seeded players, Melounova will battle fifth-seeded Abi Altick of UCLA at 11:30 on Saturday morning.
 
In doubles, Nikola Dolakova and Maayan Sela were UH's only duo to advance into the quarterfinals. Dolakova and Sela defeated San Diego State's Shakhnoza Khatamoya and Aesha Patel, 8-3. They will take on eighth-seeded Jessica Failla and Anastasia Iamachkine from Pepperdine
 
 
Doubles
Round of 16
Nikola Dolakova/Maayan Sela (UH) def. Shakhnoza Khatamova/Aesha Patel (SDSU), 8-3
(1) Ashley Lahey/Evgeniya Levashova (Pepp) def. Petra Melounova/Roxanne Resma (UH), 8-5

Singles
Round of 32
(4) Petra Melounova (UH) def. Solymar Colling (USD), 6-3, 6-2
Evelyn Schmidt (CSUN) def. Maayan Sela (UH), 7-5, 6-2
(3)Evgeniya Levashova (Pepp) def. Michelle Pits (UH), 6-1, 6-0
 
Round of 16
(4) Petra Melounova (UH) def. Anastasia Iamachkine (Pepp), 4-6, 7-6, 6-1

 
Consolation Draw Results
Doubles
Zara Lennon/Natalia Munoz (LBSU) def. Alzbeta Houbova/Michelle Pits (Hawaii) 6-0
 
Singles
Ana Isabel Fraile Toboso (CSUN) def. Nikola Dolakova (Hawaii) 3-6,6-2,10-2
Martina Lo Pumo (GCU) def. Roxanne Resma (Hawaii) 6-4, 4-6,10-7

Schedule - Saturday, Oct. 20
 
Doubles - Quarterfinals
Nikola Dolakova/Maayan Sela (UH) vs. (8) Jessica Failla/Anastasia Iamachkine (PEPP)
 
Singles – Quarterfinals
11:30 a.m. - (4) Petra Melounova (UH) vs. (5) Abi Altick (UCLA)