NORTHRIDGE, Calif.--The University of Hawai'i women's tennis team (9-11, 6-3 Big West) was edged out 4-3 at CSUN on the final day of the regular season. With the loss, the Rainbow Wahine finished as the third seed in the The Big West's upcoming Championship this coming week.

The Matadors took the early 1-0 lead after winning on the No. 1 and No. 2 doubles courts by identical 6-2 scores.

CSUN then took a 2-0 lead in the match when Sasha Turchak defeated UH's Nelly Knezkova by a break in both sets, 6-4, 6-4 on the No. 1 court. Hawai'i got on the scoreboard when No. 2 Ana Vilcek held off CSUN's Yulia Zhytelna, 6-2, 7-5. The Matadors' No. 4 Emma Moratalla Sanz then gave CSUN a 3-1 lead after edging out UH's Sheena Masuda, 6-3, 7-5. 

UH's No. 5 Joēlle Lanz battled her way to a three-set win over Angela Ho, 6-4. 2-6, 6-2 to trail the match 3-2, but then CSUN's No. 6 Elena Goodman came back from a set down to UH's Anna Kern, for a three set win to clinch the match, 6-7, 6-1, 6-2. In the final match, after dropping the first set, Hawai'i's No. 3 Hannah Galindo fought her way backt o defeat Luna Santibanez, 1-6, 7-5, 7-5.

The Rainbow Wahine will enter The Big West Championship as the No. 3 seed and will face No. 6 Cal Poly in the quarterfinals on Wednesday, April 25, 2024. The Big West Championship will run from April 24-27 at Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego, Calif. The championship is a nine-team tournament with a play-in for the eighth and ninth seeds. The winner will earn The Big West's automatic bid into the 2024 NCAA Women's Tennis Championship. 

CSUN 4, Hawaii 3
04/21/2024 at Northridge, Calif.
(Matador Tennis Complex)

Singles competition
1. Turchak, Sasha (CSUN) def. Nelly Knezkova (UHW) 6-4, 6-4
2. Ana Vilcek (UHW) def. Zhytelna, Yuliia (CSUN) 6-2, 7-5
3. Hannah Galindo (UHW) def. Santibanez Luna, Vic (CSUN) 1-6, 7-5, 7-5
4. Moratalla Sanz, Emma (CSUN) def. Sheena Masuda (UHW) 6-3, 7-5
5. Joelle Lanz (UHW) def. Ho, Angela (CSUN) 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
6. Goodman, Elena (CSUN) def. Anna Kern (UHW) 6-7, 6-1, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. Turchak, Sasha/Zhytelna, Yuliia (CSUN) def. Ana Vilcek/Nikola Homolkova (UHW) 6-2
2. Santibanez Luna, Vic/Ung, Cindy (CSUN) def. Sheena Masuda/Nelly Knezkova (UHW) 6-2
3. Ho, Angela/Goodman, Elena (CSUN) vs. Anna Kern/Hannah Galindo (UHW) 3-4, unfinished

Match Notes:
Hawaii 9-11, 6-3
CSUN 13-6, 7-2
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (1,2,4,5,6,3)