OSAKA, Japan—The University of Hawai'i women's tennis team wrapped up its tour of Japan taking on Kansai University on Sunday in Osaka, Japan.
 
The two teams played nine singles matches in the exhibition event. UH's Allaire Berl was the only Rainbow Wahine to record a victory as she defeated Chisato Murata in a third set super tiebreaker, 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (10-4). Three other matches were hard fought ending in third set tiebreaker—Nikola Homolkova fell to Kansai's Miona Yasukawa, 2-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-3). Hanna Galindo's match against Miki Miyamoto ended in a battle of a tie-breaker, 6-2, 2-6, 1-0 (13-11). And in her second match of the day, UH's Joelle Lanz fell to Kama Kaneko, 6-2, 5-7, 1-0 (10-5). Hawai'i's Sheena Masuda came up just short by a break in both sets against Mirai Yama=moto, 6-4, 7-5.
 
The Rainbow Wahine returns to Hawai'i this week before taking their first mainland roadtrip of 2025. The 'Bows will take a three-match road trip to Southern California beginning with UC Riverside on Wednesday, Feb. 19. UH will then play a pair of non-conference matches at San Diego on Feb. 21 and San Diego State on Feb. 23.
 
 
Hawai'i vs. Kansai University
Osaka, Japan
 
Doubles Results
1.Kanon Yamaguchi/Minai Yamamoto (KU) def. Peppi Ramstedt/Sheena Masuda (UH), 6-2, 6-3
2.Chisato Murata/Miki Miyamoto (KU) def. Ana Vilcek/Nikola Homolkova (UH), 6-2, 6-3
3.Rena Tanaka/Kawakami (KU) def. Hannah Galindo/Makeilah Nepomuceno (UH), 6-1, 6-4
4.Yasukawa/Rina Okutani (KU) def. Joelle Lanz/Emma Forgac (UH), 6-1, 6-3
 
Singles Results
1.Kanon Yamaguchi (KU) def. Peppi Ramstedt (UH), 6-3, 6-4
2.Miona Yasukawa (KU) def. Nikola Homolkova (UH), 2-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-3)
3.Rena Tanaka (KU) def Joelle Lanz, 6-1, 6-2
4.Rina Okatani (KU) def. Emma Forgac (UH), 6-3, 6-2
5.Mirai Yamamoto (KU) def. Sheena Masuda (UH), 6-4, 7-5
6.Kokomi Ema (KU) def. Makeila Nepomuceno (UH), 6-2, 6-1
7.Miki Miyamoto (KU) def. Hannah Galindo (UH), 6-2, 2-6, 1-0 (13-11)
8.Allaire Berl (UH) def. Chisato Murata (KU), 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (10-4)
9.Kama Kaneko (KU) def. Joelle Lanz (UH), 6-2, 5-7, 1-0 (10-5)