HONOLULU—The University of Hawai'i women's tennis team swept their four doubles matches and won four singles matches to begin the Rainbow Wahine Fall Invitational on Friday morning.
 
In doubles, the Rainbow Wahine's Nikola Homolkova and Klara Novakova edged out Air Force's Sydney Fitch and Alexis Odom by a tie-breaker, 7-6 (0). UH's Rita Pinto and Alexis Merrill held off Hawai'i Pacific's Elodie Busson and Mihoki Miyahara by a break, 7-5. Ana Vilcek and Satsuki combined for a 6-4 a 6-4 win over Air Force's Abigale Cotuna and Courtney Swift, 6-4 while UH's Madison Kim and Anna Kern dispatched the Falcons' Andrea Le and Arianna Van Houweling, 6-2.
 
Hawai'i's Homolkova defeated Air Force's Sydney Fitch in straight sets ending with a tie-breaker, 6-2, 7-6 (0). Vilcek bounced back after dropping a close second set to defeat HPU's Abigail Wild in three, 6-3, 5-7, 6-1. UH's Kim dropped her first set against the Sharks' Elodie Busson, but battled back to win in three, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4. Hawai'i's Takamura overwhelmed HPU's Rikona Murakami in two, 6-2, 6-1.
 
The Rainbow Wahine Fall Invitational continues on Saturday at 8:00 A.M. at the UH Tennis Complex.
  
Rainbow Wahine Fall Invitational
Day 1 – Results
UH Tennis Complex (Honolulu, O'ahu)
Nov. 11, 2022
 
Doubles:
Nikola Homolkova /Klara Novakova (UH) def. Sydney Fitch/Alexis Odom (AF)- 7-6 (0) 
Rita Pinto/Alexis Merrill (UH) def. Elodie Busson/Mihoki Miyahara (HPU), 7-5 
Ana Vilcek/Satsuki Takamura (UH) def Abigale Cotuna/Courtney Swift (AF), 6-4 
Madison Kim/Anna Kern (UH) def. Andrea Le/Arianna Van Houweling (AF), 6-2
 
Singles: 
Nikola Homolkova (UH) def Sydney Fitch (AF), 6-2, 7-6 (0) 
Ana Vilcek (UH) def. Abigail Wild (HPU), 6-3 5-7, 6-1 
Madison Kim (UH) def. Elodie Busson (HPU) – 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 
Alexis Odom (AF) def. Klara Novakova (UH 6-2, 7-5 
Abigale Cotuna (AF) def. Alexis Merrill (UH) 7-5, 6-2 
Mihoki Miyahara (HPU) def Rita Pinto (UH) 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 
Satsuki Takamura (UH) def. Rikona Murakami (HPU), 6-2, 6-1 
Courtney Swift (AF) def Anna Kern (UH), 6-7(6), 6-2, 7-6 (5) 
Andrea Le (AF) def. Kaitlyn Ralar (UH), 7-5, 6-2