HONOLULU--The University of Hawai'i men's tennis team (6-4, 0-0 Big West) begins its final homestand of the season in a mid-week match against 52nd-ranked Washington (8-4, 0-0 PAC-12). The two teams will square off on Tuesday, March 21 at 1:00 P.M. HT at the UH Tennis Complex. 
 

DUAL MATCH #11
TEAMS				Hawai'i vs. No. 52 Washington
DATE				Tuesday, March 20, 2023
TIME				1:00 P.M. HT
SITE				UH Tennis Complex - Honolulu, O'ahu
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In UH's last action, the Rainbow Warriors split their matches in San Diego, defeating UTRGV (Texas Rio Grande Valley), 6-1 but the 'Bows were then edged out by Nevada, 4-3 in a tightly contested match. Originally, Hawai'i was scheduled to compete in the Golden State Invitational co-hosted by Sacramento State and UC Davis. But due to expected inclement wether, UH was forced to alter its roadtrip and headed South instead to take on UTRGV and UNR in San Diego instead. Overall, Ilagan continues to lead the 'Bows with a 7-3 overall record.

On the road, UH's 56th-ranked Andre Ilagan led Hawai'i by winning his fifth and sixth-straight No. 1 singles matches as the Rainbow Warriors went 1-1 on the road in San Diego. Against UTRGV (Texas Rio Grande), he swept Emilien Burne, 6-2, 6-3 and two days later, after an extremely close first set, Ilagan pulled away to defeat Nevada's Pedro Liborio, 7-6 (5), 6-1. Overall, Ilagan is 7-3 in singles. For his efforts, he earned his second Big West Player of the Week award for 2023 and his eighth weekly award overall.

In the win over UTRGV, Kilain Maitre clinched the match with a straight-set, 6-2, 7-5 win over Agustin Salazar. Like Ilagan, Maitre was the only Rainbow Warrior to come away from the roadtrip with two singles wins which improved his record to 5-4 overall. Maitre and doubles partner Axel Labrunie notched doubles wins in both matches as well.

The Huskies come to Honolulu with an 8-4 record and have won four of their last five matches. UW's 85th-ranked Cesar Bouchelaghem is a perfect 12-0, playing all his matches on the No. 3 court. Bouchelaghem and doubles partner Dzianis Zharyn are ranked at No. 44 in the most recent ITA rankings.