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Maayan Sela vs. UCSB
7
Winner Hawaii UH (8-9, 5-2 BWC)
0
UC Davis UCD (9-13, 3-5 BWC)
Winner
Hawaii UH
(8-9, 5-2 BWC)
7
Final
0
UC Davis UCD
(9-13, 3-5 BWC)

Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

Women's Tennis Sweeps UC Davis To Wrap Up Regular Season

DAVIS, Calif.—The University of Hawai'i women's tennis team wrapped up the regular season with a sweep at UC Davis, 7-0 on Sunday afternoon. It marked the Rainbow Wahine's fifth-straight win—including the last four against Big West Conference foes. Hawai'i finished the regular season with an 8-9 overall record and a 6-2 conference record. The Aggies finished the regular season with a 9-13 overall record and a 3-5 Big West record.
 
The Rainbow Wahine captured the doubles point to start the match. UH's No. 3 duo of Maayan Sela and Alzbeta Houbova defeated UCD's Jessica Walker and Kristina Breisacher, 6-2 to start the day. The Aggies' No. 2 evened the doubles competition to 1-1 with Shirly Hall and Nikita Pradeep knocking off UH's Michelle Pits and Roxanne Resma, 6-3. UH's No. 1 team of Petra Melounova and Nikola Dolakova then clinched the point with a 6-4 victory over Kelsie Bryant and Sara Tsukamoto.
 
Hawai'i rolled in singles. No. 1 and 60th-ranked Melounova quickly dispatched Pradeep, 6-1, 6-1. Melounova has won12 of her last 13 singles matches—including her last four-straight.
 
Pits followed with her fourth-straight win in a dominant straight-set effort, defeating Breisacher, 6-2, 6-2. UH's No. 2, Sela then clinched the match with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Tsukamoto.
 
On the No. 5 court, Resma edged out Jessica Walker for her fourth-straight singles win as well. Resma won in a second set tiebreaker, 6-2, 7-6(3), while UH's Houbova edged out Kelsie Bryant on the No. 6 court in a third set super-tiebreaker, 7-5, 5-7, 1-0 (8) for a hard fought win. Dolakova sealed UH's first sweep of the season with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 win over Hall at No. 3.
 
Hawai'i will head on their annual trek to Indian Wells, Calif. for the 2019 Big West Tournament which runs from Thursday, April 25 – Sunday April 28.
 
 
Hawai'i 7, UC Davis 0
4/21/2019 at Davis, Calif.
(Marya Welch Tennis Center)
 
Singles competition

1. Melounova,Petra (UH) def. Nikita Pradeep (UCD) 6-1, 6-1
2. Sela,Maayan (UH) def. Sara Tsukamoto (UCD) 6-4, 6-4
3. Dolakova,Nikola (UH) def. Shirley Hall (UCD) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
4. Pits,Michelle (UH) def. Kristina Breisacher (UCD) 6-2, 6-2
5. Resma,Roxanne (UH) def. Jessica Walker (UCD) 6-2, 7-6 (7-3)
6. Houbova,Alzbeta (UH) def. Kelsie Bryant (UCD) 7-5, 5-7, 1-0 (10-8)
 
Doubles competition
1. Dolakova,Nikola/Melounova,Petra (UH) def. Kelsie Bryant/Sara Tsukamoto (UCD) 6-4
2. Shirley Hall/Nikita Pradeep (UCD) def. Pits,Michelle/Resma,Roxanne (UH) 6-3
3. Sela,Maayan/Houbova,Alzbeta (UH) def. Jessica Walker/Kristina Breisacher (UCD) 6-2

Match Notes:
Hawaii 8-9, 5-2 BWC
UC Davis 9-13, 3-5 BWC
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (1,4,2,5,6,3)
 
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