Box Score HONOLULU--The University of Hawai'i women's tennis team concluded action in its first tournament of the season, the Weinman Foundation Invitational. The Rainbow Wahine were able to capture three wins on the final day of competition on Saturday at the UH Tennis Complex.

In doubles, the Rainbow Wahine played hard as UH's duo of Tal Talya Zandberg and Ana Vilcek knocked off Washington State's Stefaniea Mikhailov and Savanna Ly-Nguyen, 8-4. Hawai'i's Satsuki Takamura and Nidhi Surapaneni came up just short, falling by a break to California's Jessica Alsola and Erin Richardson, 8-6. Cal's Julia Rosenqvist and Makenna Thiel pulled away from UH's Gitte Heynemans and Léa Romain.

The Rainbow Wahine won two-of-five singles matches. Heynemans took care of business against Cal's Cami Brown winning in straight sets, 6-3, 6-43. UH's Surapaneni fought back after dropping a tight first set to defeat WSU's Mikhailova in three sets that ended in a 10-8 tiebreaker to cap off the third set for the win, 5-7, 6-3, 7-6(8).  

Next up for the Rainbow Wahine, the 'Bows will take on Kansas State on Thursday, Jan. 13 at 2:00 p.m. and Washington on Saturday, Jan. 15 at 11:00 a.m. On Sunday, all three teams (UH, KSU, UW) will compete in the UH Spring Invitational with the first serve slated for 10:00 a.m.


Weinman Foundation Invitational - Day 3 Results
Jan. 8, 2022 at Honolulu, O'ahu (UH Tennis Complex)

Singles competition
Erin Richardson (California) def. Avery Williams (Hawaii) 6-0, 6-2
Gitte Heynemans (Hawaii) def. Cami Brown (California) 6-3, 6-4
Nidhi Surapaneni (Hawaii) def. Stefaniea Mikhailova (Washington State) 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (10-8)
H. Viller Moeller (California) def. Fifa Kumhom (Washington State) 6-3, 6-3
Makenna Thiel (California) def. Tal Talya Zandberg (Hawaii) 6-3, 6-0
Haley Giavara (California) def. Satsuki Takamura (Hawaii) 6-1, 6-4
Jessica Alsola (California) def. Lea Romain (Hawaii) 7-6 (7-5), 6-2
Valentina Ivanov (California) def. Savanna Ly-Nguyen (Washington State) 7-5, 1-6, 6-1
Katja Wiersholm (California) def. Maxine Murphy (Washington State) 6-3, 6-3
Julia Rosenqvist (California) def. Elyse Tse (Washington State) 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 6-4

Doubles competition
Julia Rosenqvist/Makenna Thiel (California) def. Gitte Heynemans/Lea Romain (Hawaii) 8-3
Jessica Alsola/Erin Richardson (California) def. Satsuki Takamura/Nidhi Surapaneni (Hawaii) 8-6
Haley Giavara/Valentina Ivanov (California) def. Elyse Tse/Maxine Murphy (Washington State) 8-1
H. Viller Moeller/Katja Wiersholm (California) def. Yang Lee/Fifa Kumhom (Washington State) 8-6
Tal Talya Zandberg/Ana Vilcek (Hawaii) def. Stefaniea Mikhailova/Savanna Ly-Nguyen (Washington State) 8-4