Box Score BERKELEY, Calif.—The University of Hawai'i women's tennis team (7-7, 4-0 Big West) gave No. 10 California (9-3, 2-0 PAC-12) a run but fell, 6-1. The Rainbow Wahine's lone win was an upset by reigning Big West Player of the Week, Nelly Knezkova who knocked off 38^th-ranked Hannah Viller-Moeller on the No. 1 court.
 
After taking the first set, 6-2, freshman Knezkova found herself trailing by a break in the second set at 2-4. But the true freshman then reeled off the final four games to take down Viller Moeller in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4. 

In all, UH took three singles matches to three sets. On the No. 2 court, UH's Ana Vilcek won the first set before Cal's No. 57 Valentina Ivanov tied the match at 1-1 then held off Vilcek by winning a third set super-tiebreaker, 10-8. Hawai'i's Nikola Homolkova held off 54th-ranked Jessica Alsola in the first set, but fell in the second. Alsola held on in the third-set super-tiebreaker, 10-6.

The Golden Bears started the match by clinching the doubles point. Cal's No. 2 duo of Alsola and Ivanov cruised past UH's Vilcek and Homolkova. But on the No. 3 court, Hawai'i's Anna Kern and Hannah Galindo fell to Katja Wiersholm and Tiziana-Marie Schomburg by a break, 6-4.

California won the first three singles matches to clinch the win over Hawai'i. California is the fifth ranked team that UH has played this season.

The Rainbow Wahine head south to face No. 9 Southern California on Sunday, March 24 at 1:00 p.m. HT.


No. 10 California 6, Hawaii 1
March 21, 2024, in Berkeley, Calif.
Hellman Tennis Complex
 
Doubles
1. No. 23 Mao Mushika/Hannah Viller Moeller (Cal) vs. Sheena Masuda/Nelly Knezkova (Hawaii), 5-4 UNF
2. Jessica Alsola/Valentina Ivanov (Cal) def. Ana Vilcek/Nikola Homolkova (Hawaii), 6-1
3. Katja Wiersholm/Tiziana-Marie Schomburg (Cal) def. Anna Kern/Hannah Galindo (Hawaii), 6-4*
 
Order of Finish – 2, 3*
*Clinched the doubles point for Cal
 
Singles
1. Nelly Knezkova (Hawaii) def. No. 38 Hannah Viller Moeller (Cal), 6-2, 6-4
2. No. 57 Valentina Ivanov (Cal) def. Ana Vilcek (Hawaii), 3-6, 6-3, 1-0(8)
3. No. 54 Jessica Alsola (Cal) def. Nikola Homolkova (Hawaii), 5-7, 6-1, 1-0(6)
4. No. 53 Katja Wiersholm (Cal) def. Hannah Galindo (Hawaii), 6-1, 6-0
5. No. 125 Mao Mushika (Cal) def. Sheena Masuda (Hawaii), 6-0, 6-3^
6. Lan Mi (Cal) def. Joëlle Lanz (Hawaii), 6-0, 6-3
 
Order of Finish – 4, 6, 5^, 1, 2, 3
^Clinched the overall win for Cal