HONOLULU--The University of Hawai'i women's tennis team opened the high-powered Weinman Foundation Invitational on Wednesday, squaring off against the defending NCAA champions and No. 2-ranked Texas A&M and No. 17 Southern California at the UH Tennis Complex.

In doubles, the UH duo of Ana Vilcek and Nikola Homolkova fought hard, but fell by a break to Texas A&M's Lexington Reed and Lucciana Perez, 7-5, while UH's Joelle Lanz and Emma Forgac battled but came up short against USC's Maia Sung and Parker Fry, 6-3.

In singles, UH's Emma Forgac evened her match against the Trojans' Simone Kay winning by a break in the second set to force a third, But Kay won the final three games in the third for the win, 6-2, 4-6,. 6-4. UH's Peppi Ramstedt challenged but dropped her match against Texas A&M's No. 102-ranked Daria Smetannikov, 6-4, 6-3. Hawai'i's Allaire Berl got off to a good start against the Aggies' Lizanne Boyer, but then fell in straight sets, 7-5, 6-1.

The Rainbow Wahine continue the four-day Weinman Foundation Invitational on Thursday at 10:00 a.m. HT at the UH Tennis Complex.

Weinman Foundation Invitational - Day 1 Results
Honolulu, O'ahu (UH Tennis Complex)
Jan 08, 2025

Singles competition
Simone Kay (Southern California) def. Emma Forgac (Hawaii) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
Jeanette Mireles (Texas A&M) def. Joelle Lanz (Hawaii) 6-2, 6-0
#15 Nicole Khirin (Texas A&M) def. #45 Emma Charney (Southern California) 6-2, 6-2
Lexington Reed (Texas A&M) def. Hannah Galindo (Hawaii) 6-1, 6-2
Sloane Morra (Southern California) def. Makeilah Nepomuceno (Hawaii) 6-1, 6-2
Parker Fry (Southern California) def. Sheena Masuda (Hawaii) 6-4, 6-3
#102 Daria Smetannikov (Texas A&M) def. Peppi Ramstedt (Hawaii) 6-4, 6-3
Lucciana Perez (Texas A&M) def. Ana Vilcek (Hawaii) 6-0, 6-2
Jana Hossam (Southern California) def. Nikola Homolkova (Hawaii) 6-3, 6-3
Mia Kupres (Texas A&M) def. #57 Immi Haddad (Southern California) 6-3, 6-2
Lizanne Boyer (Texas A&M) def. Allaire Berl (Hawaii) 7-5, 6-1

Doubles competition
Maia Sung/Parker Fry (Southern California) def. Joelle Lanz/Emma Forgac (Hawaii) 6-3
#7 Lily Fairclough/Grace Piper (Southern California) def. Mia Kupres/Daria Smetannikov (Texas A&M) 7-6 (7-3)
Nicole Khirin/Jeanette Mireles (Texas A&M) def. Hannah Galindo/Makeilah Nepomuceno (Hawaii) 6-0
Emma Charney/Immi Haddad (Southern California) def. Peppi Ramstedt/Sheena Masuda (Hawaii) 6-2
Lexington Reed/Lucciana Perez (Texas A&M) def. Ana Vilcek/Nikola Homolkova (Hawaii) 7-5