HONOLULU—The University of Hawai'i women's tennis team battled hard, but fell to No. 16 Florida State on Saturday, 4-2. The Seminoles improved to 2-0 on the season while the Rainbow Wahine dropped to 0-2 at the UH Tennis Complex.
Florida State swept the doubles to earn the first point of the day. FSU's No. 3 Manu Salas and Sasha Hill defeated UH's
Satsuki Takamura and
Michelle Pits 6-2. While on the No. 2 court, Hawai'i's No. 2
Rebecca Ehn and
Bojana Markovic fell to Petra Hule and Victoria Allen to clinch the point.
In a battle of Petras, UH's No. 1
Petra Melounova swept Petra Hule in straight sets, 6-0, 6-2. Fellow senior,
Nikola Dolakova twice doubled up on Allen, 6-3, 6-3. Both UH players Markovic (No. 2) and Pits (No. 4) took their opponents to three sets. Markovic fell to Salas, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 while Pits lost to Hill in the longest match of the day, 7-5, 1-6, 6-4.
The Rainbow Wahine will embark on its first roadtrip of the season next week. UH will have 11 days to prepare for No. 1-ranked and defending national champions Stanford, on Thursday, Jan. 30 at the Taube Family Tennis Center.
#16 Florida State University 5, Hawaii 2
Jan 18, 2020 at Honolulu, HI (UH Tennis Complex)
| Singles competition (Order of Finish: 6,1,5,3,2,4) |
| 1. Petra Melounova (UH) def. Petra Hule (FS) 6-0, 6-2 |
| 2. Emmanuelle Salas (FS) def. #91 Bojana Markovic (UH) 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 |
| 3. Nandini Das (FS) def. #103 Satsuki Takamura (UH) 6-4, 6-3 |
| 4. Sasha Hill (FS) def. Michelle Pits (UH) 7-5, 1-6, 6-4 |
| 5. Nikola Dolakova (UH) def. Victoria Allen (FS) 6-3, 6-3 |
| 6. Andrea Garcia (FS) def. Lea Romain (UH) 6-2, 6-2 |
| Match Notes |
| Florida State University 2-0; National ranking #16 |
| Hawaii 0-2 |
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