SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- The University of Hawai'i women's tennis team (2-5, 1-0 Big West) fell to No. 22 USC, 4-1 at the Aztec Tennis Courts in San Diego, California.

In doubles, UH battled hard but fell just short as the Women' of Troy earned the point winning on the No. 2 and 3 courts for the 1-0 lead. USC's No. 2 team of Payton Saca and Carson Branstine held off UH's Satsuki Takamura and Bojana Markovic by a break, 6-4. USC's No. 3 duo of Danielle Wilson and Estella Jaeger then defeated UH's Rebecca Ehn and Lea Romain by the same score, 6-4. Hawai'i's No. 1 duo of Petra Melounova and Nikola Dolakova were knotted at 6-6 and about to start the tiebreaker when the point was clinched. 
 

In singles, USC clinched the match winning on courts No. 1, 3 and 6. UH's Dolokova was the lone Rainbow Wahine to notch a win for the 'Bows. She defeated Carson Branst on the No. 5 court, 6-1, 6-4. Both UH's No. 2 Melounova and No. 4 Michelle Pits had tied their matches at a set apiece when the match ended. Melounova had won the first set but fell in the second and was trailing in the third 6-1, 1-6, 3-4, while Pits dropped the first set, before fighting back to take the second set 3-6, 6-4.

The Rainbow Wahine return home to face Grand Canyon on Thursday, February 27th and Big West Conference match Long Beach State on Saturday, February 29th at the UH Tennis Complex.


No. 22 USC 4, Hawaii 1
Feb 21, 2020 at San Diego, Calif. (Aztec Tennis Center)