HONOLULU--The University of Hawai'i women's tennis team opens the new year hosting the high-powered Weinman Foundation Invitational. The three-day tournament runs from Thursday, Jan. 5 - Saturday, Jan. 7 at the UH Tennis Complex. Three of the teams coming to Honolulu to start the 2023 season earned a ranking in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's first ranking of the season released on Wednesday--California (No. 12), Southern California (No. 14), Iowa State (No. 22) and Washington State, who finished last season ranked at No. 69. 
 

WEINMAN FOURNDATION INVITATIONAL INFORMATION
TEAMS				Hawai'i, No. 12 California, No. 22 Iowa State, No. 14 Southern California, Washington State
DATES				Thursday, Jan. 5 - Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023
TIMES				All three days' matches start at 9:00 A.M. HT
SITE				UH Tennis Complex - Honolulu, O'ahu
SOCIAL MEDIA				@UofHawaiiTennis  | #HawaiiWTEN  | #hawaiiwomenstennis  | Facebook

  NEWS & NOTES

• Hawai'i opens the 2023 season with an 11-contest homestand spread across 37 days
• The Rainbow Wahine look to improve upon last season's 12-8 overall record
• Hawai'i finished third in The Big West standings in 2022 with a 7-2 conference record.
• In the middle of the 2022 season, UH went on a seven-match win streak (its longest since winning seven-straight in 2019)
• UH entered the ITA rankings at No. 73 in Week 11 (March 23). The 'Bows returned to the rankings for the first time since 2018
• The Rainbow Wahine have six returnees, led by all-Big West second team doubles player, senior Satsuki Takamura and honorable mention singles awardee sophomore Ana Vilcek.
• UH welcomes three new Rainbow Wahine - one freshman, Klara Novakova from Pizen, Czech Republic and two transfers - sophomore Nikola Homolkova (Long Beach State) and graduate student Rita Pinto (Virginia Tech).
• This past Fall, Hawai'i was led by Vilcek who posted a team-best 5-2 singles record. She was the lone Rainbow Wahine to advance to the Round of 32 in the ITA Southwest Regionals and she and doubles partner defeated Stanford's Alexis Blokhina/Ana Geller by a break in November, 6-4.
• Newcomer, LBSU transfer Homolkova finished the fall with a 4-2 record, while returnees Madison Kim and Satsuki Takamura both notched three wins apiece