KOHALA COAST, Hawai'i—The University of Hawai'i women's tennis team battled No. 23 Stanford at the Hawai'i Tennis Center at Fairmont Orchid on the Kohala Coast on the Big Island. Hawai'i's Gitte Heynemans  led the Rainbow Wahine against the Cardinal  winning both her doubles and singles match.
 
In doubles, UH's duo of Léa Romain and Heynemans defeated Stanford's Sara Choy and Nikula Madurawe by a break, 6-4. Hawai'i's pair of Nidhi Surapaneni and Satsuki Takamura was edged out by Stanford's Angelica Blake and Connie Ma, 7-5.
 
Heynemans recorded UH's only win in singles. She bounced back after dropping the first set before holding off Sara Choy in the final two sets, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. UH's Tal Talya Zandberg gave everything she had, but fell in two close sets to the Cardinal's 87^th-ranked Blake, 7-5, 7-6 (4).
 
 
Hawai'i/Stanford Invitational
Kohala Coast, Hawai'I (Hawai'i Tennis Center - Fairmont Orchid)
Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021
 
DOUBLES RESULTS
Angelica Blake/Connie Ma (STAN) def. Nidhi Surapaneni/Satsuki Takamura (UH), 7-5
Ana Geller/Alexandra Yepifanova (STAN) def. Madison Kim/Tal Talya (UH), 6-1
Léa Romain/Gitte Heynemans (UH) def. Sara Choy/Nikula Madurawe (STAN), 6-4
 
SINGLES RESULTS
Connie Ma (STAN) def. Satsuki Takamura (UH), 6-0, 6-3
Alesandra Yepifanova (STAN) def. Léa Romain (UH), 6-2, 6-0
Angelica Blake (STAN) def. Tal Talya Zandberg (UH), 7-5, 7-6(4)
Ana Geller (STAN) def Nidhi Surapaneni (UH), 6-0, 6-2
Gitte Heynemans (UH) def. Sara Choy (STAN), 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
Valencia Xu (STAN)  def. Madison Kim (UH), 6-1, 6-0
India Houghton (STAN) def. Jessalyn Lopez (UH), 6-3, 6-1
Niluka Madurawe (STAN) def. Anna Kern (UH), 6-0, 6-0