Box Score HONOLULU--The University of Hawai'i women's tennis team opened the 2023 season with the high-octane Weinman Foundation Invitational on Thursday at the UH Tennis Complex. Competing in the three-day tourney are No. 12 California, No. 14 USC, No. 22 Iowa State and Washington State who finished ranked No. 69 last year.

Day 1 of the tourney began with doubles play with the Rainbow Wahine won three out of their four matches. UH's Kaitlyn Ralar and Ana Vilcek defeated Cal's Berta Passola and Makenna Thiel, 6-3. The Hawai'i duo of Anna Kern and Madison Kim then knocked off Washington State's Fifa Kumhom and Yura Nakagawa by a break, 6-4. In the most competitive doubles match of the day, the 'Bows' Nikola Homolkova and Klara Novakova combined forces to defeat WSU's Elyse Tse and Yang Lee in a hard-fought tiebreaker, 7-6 (5).

In singles, both Hawai'i's Kern and Vilcek earned victories while Homolkova was edged out in a three set battle. Kern was solid, dispatching WSU's Tiffany Phout in straight sets, 6-2, 6-0. Vilcek battled back after dropping the second set then held off Cal's Haley Giavara for a three-set victory, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4. Homolkova's match vs. California's Berta Passola also went three sets with all three decided by just one break. Homolkova rallied to capture the second set, but Passola was able to record the win, 7-5, 4-6, 7-5.

Day 2 of the Weinman Foundation Invitational will start at 9:00 a.m. HT at the UH Tennis Complex.

Weinman Foundation Invitational
Day 1 Results
Honolulu, O'ahu (UH Tennis Complex)
Jan 05, 2023

Singles competition
Cabezas, Sofia (ISU) def. Sloane Morra (USC) 6-3, 6-1
Supapitch Kuearum, A (ISU) def. McKenna Koenig (USC) 6-4, 6-3
Naklo, Thasaporn (ISU) def. Naomi Cheong (USC) 6-3, 6-4
Kajuru, Ange Oby (ISU) def. Emma Charney (USC) 7-5, 6-3
Grace Piper (USC) def. Kadleckova, Miska (ISU) 6-4, 6-2
Nathalie Rodilosso (USC) def. Hsieh, Christin (ISU) 6-1, 6-0
Isabelle Lee (USC) def. Kaitlyn Ralar (UH) 6-1, 6-3
Hanna Viller Moeller (CAL) def. Yura Nakagawa (WSU) 6-1, 6-1
Jessica Alsola (CAL) def. Maxine Murphy (WSU) 6-2, 6-2
Eva Alvarez Sande (Washington State) def. Madison Kim (UH) 6-4, 6-0
Ana Vilcek (UH) def. Haley Giavara (CAL) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
Berta Passola (CAL) def. Nikola Homolkova (UH) 7-5, 4-6, 7-5
Elyse Tse (WSU) def. Klara Novakova (UH) 6-2, 6-0
Makenna Thiel (CAL) def. Fifa Kumhom (WSU) 6-4, 6-2
Erin Richardson (CAL) def. Alexis Merrill (UH) 6-2, 6-2
Yang Lee (WSU) def. Rita Pinto (UH) 6-4, 6-1
Cami Brown (CAL) def. Stefaniia Mikhailova (WSU) 6-2, 6-1
Anna Kern (UH) def. Tiffany Phout (WSU) 6-2, 6-0

Doubles competition
Kadleckova, Miska/Cabezas, Sofia (ISU) def. McKenna Koenig/Gabrielle Lee (USC) 6-0
Naklo, Thasaporn/Supapitch Kuearum, A (ISU) def. Nathalie Rodilosso/Sloane Morra (USC) 6-3
Kajuru, Ange Oby/Kezuka, Chie (ISU) def. Grace Piper/Naomi Cheong (USC) 6-4
Anna Kern/Madison Kim (UH) def. Fifa Kumhom/Yura Nakagawa (WSU) 6-4
Erin Richardson/Cami Brown (CAL) def. Stefaniia Mikhailova/Tiffany Phout (WSU) 7-6 (7-1)
Jessica Alsola/Katja Wiersholm (CAL) def. Maxine Murphy/Eva Alvarez Sande (WSU) 6-2
Haley Giavara/Hanna Viller Moeller (CAL) def. Alexis Merrill/Rita Pinto (UH), 6-1
Nikola Homolkova/Klara Novakova (UH) def. Elyse Tse/Yang Lee (WSU) 7-6 (7-5)
Kaitlyn Ralar/Ana Vilcek (UH) def. Berta Passola/Makenna Thiel (CAL) 6-3