SAN DIEGO, Calif.--The top-seeded University of Hawai'i women's tennis team swept UC Irvine, 4-0 to advance to the Big West Championship semifinals. It was deja vu for the Rainbow Wahine who swept the Anteaters 4-0 in the season finale this past Sunday.  The Rainbow Wahine improved to 12-7 overall while UC Irvine's season ended with an 11-9 record. Hawai'i will face No. 4 seed Long Beach State on Friday, April 28 at 9:00 A.M. HT at the Barnes Tennis Center. With the win, Hawai'i advances to its seveth-straight BW Championship semifinal round.

The Rainbow Wahine quickly jumped out to a 1-0 lead after UH's No. 2 duo of Nikola Homolkova and Ana Vilcek nearly shutout UC Irvine's Jenna Schlatter and Alyssia Fossorie, 6-1. On the No. 3 court, Hawai'i's Madison Kim and Satsuki Takamura defeated Asha Gidwani and Amanda Perez, 6-2 to secure the doubles point.

In singles, No. 4 Klara Novakova cruised past UC Irvine's Perez, 6-2, 6-1. Hawai'i's No. 2 Homolkova followed by defeating UCI's Fossorier, 6-1, 6-3 and Takamura then clinched the match with a 6-4, 6-2 straight-set victory over Gidwani on the No. 3 court to end the match.


2023 Big West Championship - Quarterfinals
#1 Hawaii 4, #8 UC Irvine 0
Apr 27, 2023 at San Diego, Calif.
(Barnes Tennis Center)

Singles competition
1. Vilcek, Ana (UH) vs. Schlatter, Jenna (UCI) 4-6, 2-2, unfinished
2. Homolkova, Nikola (UH) def. Fossorier, Alyssia (UCI) 6-1, 6-3
3. Takumara (UH) def. Gidwani, Asha (UCI) 6-4, 6-2
4. Novakova, Klara (UH) def. Perez, Amanda (UCI) 6-2, 6-1
5. Pinto, Rita (UH) vs. Huynh, Haily (UCI) 6-3, 5-3, unfinished
6. Kern, Anna (UH) vs. Fowler, Carolyna (UCI) 7-5, 2-4, unfinished

Doubles competition
1. Fowler, Carolyna/Fowler, Emily (UCI) def. Novakova, Klara/Pinto, Rita (UH) 5-4
2. Homolkova, Nikola/Vilcek, Ana (UH) def. Schlatter, Jenna/Fossorier, Alyssia (UCI) 6-1
3. Kim, Madison/Takumara (UH) def. Gidwani, Asha/Perez, Amanda (UCI) 6-2

Match Notes:
UC Irvine 11-8
Hawaii 11-7
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (4,2,3)
T-2:02 A-52