SAN DIEGO, Calif.--The third-seeded University of Hawai'i women's tennis team (12-7, 7-2 Big West) swept the sixth-seed CSUN (8-9, 4-5 BWC), 4-0 in their opening round of the Big West Championship tournament. With the win, the Rainbow Wahine advance to a Friday semifinal showdown against No. 2 seed Cal Poly at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego, Calif.. It marked UH's ninth win via a sweep this season.

Hawai'i captured the doubles point for the early 1-0 lead. UH's No. 3 duo of Nidhi Surapaneni and Ana Vilcek nearly shutout CSUN's Jenna Dorian and Victoria Santibanez Luna, 6-1 to lead things off. The Matadors' Jolene Coetzee and Ana Toboso Fraile defeated UH's Léa Romain and Satsuki Takamura, 6-2 to even things up. But UH's senior pairing of Gitte Heynemans and Tal Talya Zandberg knocked off Ekaterina Repina and Sasha Turchak. 6-3 on the No. 2 court to win the doubles point.

In singles, the 'Bows raced out to shut down the Matador attack. On the No. 1 court, Romain was leading 6-4, 3-0 when CSUN's Repina retired due to injury. UH's No. 3 Vilcek won the first set by a break, then rolled over Fraile Togboso for a 6-4, 6-0 win. Playing at No. 2, Hawai'i's Takamura then took down Coetzee in straight-sets to clinch the win, 6-1, 7-5.

The Rainbow Wahine advance to the semifinals where they will face No. 2 seed Cal Poly (16-6, 8-1 BWC) on Friday, April 29 at 9:00 a.m. HT at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego, Calif. Earlier this month on April 2, Hawai'i fell 5-2 to the Mustangs in San Luis Obispo, Calif. Cal Poly cruised to secure the doubles point, then won the first three singles matches finished to clinch the win. But, four of the six singles matches were pushed to a third set.