HONOLULU—The University of Hawai'i women's tennis team swept all their doubles and singles matches to open the 2023 Rainbow Wahine Fall Invitation with doubles and singles matches on Thursday, Nov. 2 at the UH Tennis Complex.
 
Hawai'i won both their doubles matches to start the day. Nelly Knezkova and Sheena Masuda held off Hawai'i Pacific's Abi Wild and Sara Hejtmankova by a break, 6-4. UH's Anna Kern and Joelle Lanz then knocked off HPU's Leonie Muller and Lynn Kader, 6-2.
 
UH's Kern started things off by breezing past the Sharks' Kader in straight sets, 6-1, 6-1. Ana Vilcek then defeated Wild, 6-1, 6-2. Knezkova kept things rolling with a 6-2, 6-4 win over HPU's Hejtmankova, 6-2, 6-4. Sheena Masuda held off Muller by a break in both sets, 7-5, 6-4.
 
In the longest match of the day, UH's Lanz dropped her first set, but then shut out HPU's Vera Markovic in Set 2 then edged out her opponent in a hard fought third set super tie-breaker, 4-6, 6-0 1-0 (8).
 
The Rainbow Wahine Fall Invitational continues on Friday, Nov. 3. First serve at the UH Tennis Complex at 3:30 p.m. HT.
 
Rainbow Wahine Fall Invitational
Day 1 - Results
UH Tennis Complex
Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023
 
Doubles
Nelly Knezkova/Sheena Masuda (UH) def. Abi Wild/Sara Hejtmankova (HPU), 6-4
Anna Kern/Joelle Lanz (UH) def. Leonie Muller/Lynn Kader (HPU), 6-2
 
Singles
Anna Kern (UH) def. Lynn Kader (HPU), 6-1, 6-1
Sheena Masuda (UH) def. Leonie Muller (HPU), 7-5, 6-4
Ana Vilcek (UH) def. Abi Wild (HPU), 6-1, 6-2
Nelly Knezkova (UH) def. Sara Hejtmankova (HPU), 6-2, 6-4
Joelle Lanz (UH) def. Vera Markovic (HPU) 4-6, 6-0, 1-0 (8)