Women's Tennis Faces Fierce Competition in Rainbow Wahine Spring Invitational Opener

HONOLULU—The University of Hawai'i women's tennis team opened the Rainbow Wahine Spring Invitational at the UH Tennis Complex on Friday. The Bows are facing some fierce competition against #9 UCLA and #10 California this weekend. All the Rainbow Wahine that competed today played in both singles and doubles matches to start the three day tournament.

In doubles, Hawaii's Peppi Ramstedt and Sheena Masuda paired up to defeat Cal's duo of Katja Wiersholm and Naomi Xu, 6-2. Ana Vilcek and Nikola Homolkova put up a tough fight against UCLA's seventh-ranked duo of Kimmi Hance and Elise Wagle, but fell short, 6-3.

In singles, UH's Makeilah Nepomuceno battled to the end, falling to Cal's Naomi Xu in a tough match that ended with two tie-breaker sets, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3). UH's Emma Forgac fell to the Bruin's Olivia Center in a three set match, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. Sheena Masuda also battled it out but lost to Cal's Tiziana Schomburg, 6-3, 6-4.

The Rainbow Wahine Spring Invitational continues on Saturday, Jan. 4 at 2:00 p.m. at the UH Tennis Complex.

Rainbow Wahine Spring Invitational - Day 1
UH Tennis Complex - Honolulu, O'ahu
Friday, Jan. 3, 2025

Doubles Results
Mia Jovic/Bianca Fernandez (UCLA) def. Sophie Hernandez/Cami Brown (California) 6-1
#4 Kate Fakih/Olivia Center (UCLA) def. Mao Mushika/Berta Passola Folch (California) 6-3
Jessica Alsola/Greta Greco Lucchina (California) def. Joelle Lanz/Emma Forgac (Hawaii) 6-1
#36 Ahmani Guichard/A. Lutkemeyer (UCLA) def. Hannah Galindo/Makeilah Nepomuceno (Hawaii) 6-1
#7 Elise Wagle/Kimmi Hance (UCLA) def. Ana Vilcek/Nikola Homolkova (Hawaii) 6-3
Peppi Ramstedt/Sheena Masuda (Hawaii) def. Katja Wiersholm/Naomi Xu (California) 6-2
#36 Ahmani Guichard/A. Lutkemeyer (UCLA) def. Tiziana Schomburg/Makena Thiel (California) 6-0

Singles Results
Olivia Center (UCLA) def. Emma Forgac (Hawaii) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
#41 Kate Fakih (UCLA) def. Nikola Homolkova (Hawaii) 6-1, 6-2
#35 Katja Wiersholm (California) def. Kimmi Hance (UCLA) 6-2, 6-4
Makena Thiel (California) def. Hannah Galindo (Hawaii) 6-3, 6-1
Naomi Xu (California) def. Makeilah Nepomuceno (Hawaii) 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-3)
Tiziana Schomburg (California) def. Sheena Masuda (Hawaii) 6-3, 6-4
Sophie Hernandez (California) def. Joelle Lanz (Hawaii) 6-3, 6-1
Greta Greco Lucchina (California) def. Peppi Ramstedt (Hawaii) 6-4, 6-2
#38 A. Lutkemeyer (UCLA) def. Ana Vilcek (Hawaii) 6-1, 6-2
#53 Elise Wagle (UCLA) def. #81 Berta Passola Folch (California) 6-7 (3-7), 7-5, 6-3
Jessica Alsola (California) def. Ahmani Guichard (UCLA) 6-2, 6-3
Cami Brown (California) def. Mia Jovic (UCLA) 6-4, 6-3

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Players Mentioned

Hannah Galindo: 5' 8"; Sophomore

Nikola Homolkova: 5' 9"; Senior

Joelle Lanz: 5' 6"; Junior

Sheena Masuda: 5' 9"; Senior

Ana Vilcek: 5' 3"; Senior

Emma Forgac: 5' 3"; Freshman

Makeilah Nepomuceno: 5' 1"; Freshman

Peppi Ramstedt: 5' 6"; Senior

Players Mentioned

Hannah Galindo
: 5' 8"; Sophomore

Nikola Homolkova
: 5' 9"; Senior

Joelle Lanz
: 5' 6"; Junior

Sheena Masuda
: 5' 9"; Senior

Ana Vilcek
: 5' 3"; Senior

Emma Forgac
: 5' 3"; Freshman

Makeilah Nepomuceno
: 5' 1"; Freshman

Peppi Ramstedt
: 5' 6"; Senior