HONOLULU—The University of Hawaii'i women's tennis team (2-2, 1-1 Big West) returns to the UH Tennis Complex this week as they take on Grand Canyon (4-2, 0-0 WAC) on Friday, Feb. 23 at 3:30 and San Diego State on Sunday, Feb. 25 at 2:00 pm.

Hawaii went 2-1 on their first road trip to California in 2018. The Rainbow Wahine defeated both San Diego, 4-2 and then Long Beach State, 5-2 before falling at UC Davis, 4-2.

UH's sophomore Petra Melounova won both of her singles matches to start the roadtrip on the No. 1 court and her No. 2 doubles clash with partner Roxanne Resma to start their swing through Cali. She led San Diego's Nicole Anderson 6-2 and 1-0 in the second set when her opponent retired.  Against the Beach, Melounova dispatched Lena Pacholski by scores of 7-5, 6-2 to put the 'Bows up 2-0 in the match.  UH got out to the 1-0 lead by securing the doubles point, helped along by Melounova and Resma winning 6-2 over Lalita Devarakonda and Sadaf Sadeghvaziri.  The UH duo had a match against San Diego go unfinished with the score tied 6-6.
 
Also recording wins in both the San Diego and Long Beach State matches were Nikola Dolakova, Klara Pribylova and Michelle Pits. Dolakova and Pribylova both improved to 4-8 overall in singles while Pits remains the team-leader at 7-4.

In doubles, UH's duo of Dolakova and Pribylova leads Hawaii'i with a 7-5 record overall while Alzbeta Houbova and Marina Hruba are right behind with an overall record of 6-4.

Dual Match #5
Teams: Hawai'i (2-2, 1-1 Big West) vs. Grand Canyon (4-2, 0-0 WAC)
Date: Friday, February 23, 2018
Time: 3:30 pm
Site: UH Tennis Complex (Honolulu, O'ahu)

Dual Match #6
Teams: Hawai'i (2-2, 1-1 Big West) vs. San Diego State (6-4, 0-0 MWC)
Date: Sunday, February 25, 2018
Time: 2:00 pm
Site: UH Tennis Complex (Honolulu, O'ahu)