SAN DIEGO, Calif.--The 72nd-ranked University of Hawai'i men's tennis team (11-5 4-2) enters the 2022 Big West Championship tournament as the No. 4 seed and will take on the No. 5 seed UC Riverside in the First Round on April 29, 2022. The six-team tournament will play its semifinal matches on Saturday, April 30 with the Championship match held on Sunday, May 1.
 

2022 BIG WEST MEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
MATCH SCHEDULES				Fri., Apr. 29 - FIRST ROUND: Match 2: #4 Hawai'i vs. #5 UC Riverside Sat., Apr. 30 - SEMIFINALS: Match 3: Match 4: #2 Cal Poly vs. Winner Match 2 Sun., May 1 -  CHAMPIONSHIP  - Winner Match 3 vs. Winner Match 4
TIME				All three days' matches will start at 6:00 a.m. HT
SITE				Barnes Tennis Center - San Diego, Calif.
LIVE STATS				BigWest.org
TOURNAMENT BRACKET				Interactive Bracket

 
LAST TIME OUT...The Rainbow Warriors' last match was on the road at UC Irvine this past Sunday, April 24, 2022. The Anteaters nearly shut out the 'Bows, winning, 4-1. Only UH's Guillaume Tattevin was able to scratch out a win for the 'Bows.

NEWS & NOTES

• The Rainbow Warriors enter the 2022 Big West Championships with an 11-5 overall record and a 4-2 Big West record. It is the first time that Hawai'i has notched double-digits wins since UH recorded a 12-8 overall record in 2010.
• Since taking over the UH men's tennis program in 2020, head coach Joël Kusnierz has not had a losing season. He led the Rainbow Warriors to a 9-6 mark in the COVID-shortened 2020 season. Last year, the 'Bows finished with a 5-4 recording a pared down schedule. This season, he has led UH to an 11-5 record for a career record of 25-15.
• After winning eight of their first nine matches this season, the Rainbow Warriors finished the season with a 3-4 record in the last seven games--during which UH played four matches against ranked teams (#6 Cal Poly; #57 UC Santa Barbara, and two at #48 UCLA.
• 34th-ranked Andre Ilagan enters the BWC tournament with an 8-3 dual match singles record and a team-best 9-2 doubles record primarily with partner Karl Collins whom together have gone 8-1. In singles and doubles, Ilagan has played all of UH's matches at the No. 1 slot for both. 
• UH rookie Guillaume Tattevin leads Hawai'i with a team-best 12-2 singles record. Although he has played at four different positions in the lineup at No. 3, 4, 5, and 6, he has primarily appeared on the No. 4 (5-2) and No. 5 (5-0) courts. 
• UH's lone senior, Blaz Seric, is currently 6-5 in singles and 7-4 in doubles--5-2 with partner Kilian Maitre all on the No. 3 court.

BIG WEST MEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULEFriday, April 29 (FIRST ROUND)
9 a.m. | Match 1: No. 3 seed UC Irvine vs. No. 6 seed UC Davis | Live Stats
9 a.m. | Match 2: No. 4 seed Hawai'i vs. No. 5 seed UC Riverside | Live Stats

Saturday, April 30 (SEMIFINALS)
9 a.m. | Match 3: No. 1 seed UC Santa Barbara vs. winner of Match 2 | Live Stats
9 a.m. | Match 4: No. 2 seed Cal Poly vs. winner of Match 1 | Live Stats

Sunday, May 1 (CHAMPIONSHIP)
9 a.m. | Match 5: Final | Watch | Live Stats