LONG BEACH, Calif.--The University of Hawai'i women's tennis doubles duo of Makeila Nepomuceno and Hanna Galindo won both their Saturday matches to advance to the championship match on Sunday in the Beach Tennis Fall Tournament at the Rhodes Tennis Center. In Honolulu, the Rainbow Wahine won their doubles match and split their singles matches on Day 2 of the UH 'Anuenue Invitational at the UH Tennis Complex.

Nepomuceno and Galindo cruised past Cal Poly's Peyton Duncle and Amy Leather in the quarterfinals, 8-3. Then , in the semifinals, the 'Bows edged out CSUN's Yuliia Zhytelna and Angela Ho in a pro-set tie-breaker, 8-7 (5). Nepomuceno and Galindo advance to the title doubles match against the Cal State Fullerton pairing of Sein Myong and Mariia Nikitash on Sunday.

In consolation matches, UH won three of six matches. Galindo won her first set in a tie-breaker then coasted past UC Irvine's Carlyna Fowler, 7-6 (4), 6-1 for the straight-set win. UH's Emma Forgac blanked UC Davis' Madeleine Page in the first set then held her off by a break in the second for a 6-0, 6-4 victory, and Allaire Berl bounced back after dropping the first set to down Cal Poly's Alexandra Ozerets, culminating in a hard-fought third set super tie-breaker which Berl prevailed, 3-6, 7-5, 1-0 (11). 

Back in Honolulu, UH's Sheena Masuda and Jazlyn Miyamura combined for a 6-2 doubles win over Hawai'I Pacific's Palma and Kader. UH split their singles matches with Miyamura, although falling in a first set tie-breaker, recorded the win via retirement over Hakovirta, 6-7 (5), ret..  The Sharks' Hernandez defeated UH's Masuda in a third set super tie-breaker, 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (7).

BEACH TENNIS FALL TOURNAMENT
Rhodes Tennis Center - Long Beach, Calif.
Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024

DOUBLES MAIN DRAW
Quarterfinal Results
Makeilah Nepomuceno/Hannah Galindo (UH) def. Peyton Dunkle/Amy Leather (CP), 8-3
 
Semifinal Results
Makeilah Nepomuceno/Hannah Galindo (UH) def. Zhytelina/Ho, 8-7 (5)
 

EXTRA SINGLES MATCH RESULTS
Sofia Valentine (UCD) def. Peppi Ramstedt (UH), 6-0, 6-1
Hannah Galindo (UH) def. Carolyna Fowler (UCI), 7-6 (4), 6-1
Emma Forgac (UH) def. Madeleine Page (UCD), 6-0, 6-4
Emma Tutoveanu (UCSB) def. Makeilah Nepomuceno (UH), 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (9)
Naomi Nguyen (UCSD) def. Joëlle Lanz (UH), 6-0, 6-4
Allaire Berl (UH) def. Alexandra Ozerets (CP), 3-6, 7-5, 1-0 (11)
 
EXTRA DOUBLES MATCH RESULTS
Mika Ikemori/Daisy Maunapau (UCD) def. Ramstedt/Forgac (UH), 7-6 (5)
Jessica MacCallum/Alexandra Ozerets (CP) def. Joëlle Lanz/Allaire Berl (UH), 6-2
 

UH 'ANUENUE INVITATIONAL
UH Tennis Complex - Honolulu, O'ahu
Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024

Doubles Results
Sheena Masuda/Jazlyn Miyamura (UH) def. Jayanne Palma/Lynn Kaden (HPU), 6-2

Singles Results
Hernandez (HPU) def. Sheena Masuda (UH), 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (7)
Jazlyn Miyamura (UH) def. Hakovirta (HPU), 6-7 (5), ret.