HONOLULU--The University of Hawai'i men's tennis team (1-2) fell to Washington, 6-1 on Saturday evening at the UH Tenbis Comlex. A rain delay pushed back the start of the match by about an hour.

The Huskies claimed the doubles point to take an early 1-0 lead. UW's No. 2 pair of Stephane Kamendje/Nikola Plavsic defeated UH's Toa Maeda/Azuma Visaya, 6-3. And on the No. 1 court, Washington's Soham Purohit/Brett Pearson held off UH's Timothy Li/Kosuke Nakanishi by a break, 6-4.

Hawai'i rookie Toa Maeda recorded his first collegiate singles win, defeating UW's Brett P=earson in straight sets on the No. 4 court. Maeda cruised in the first set, but held off Pearson for the sweep, 6-1, 7-5.

UH senior Azuma Visaya gave everything he had, but fell short to 89th-ranked Soham Purohit in a pair of sets decided by tie-breakers, 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-2).

The 'Bows continue their 25-day homestand at the UH Tennis Complex on Friday Jan. 30th when they will face off against BYU at 4:00 p.m. HT.

Washington vs Hawaii
Jan 10, 2026 at Honolulu, O'ahu
(UH Tennis Complex)
Washington 6, Hawaii 1

Singles competition
1. #89 Soham Purohit (WASH) def. Azuma Visaya (UH) 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-2)
2. Stephane Kamendje (WASH) def. Kosuke Nakanishi (UH) 6-4, 6-2
3. Rohan Belday (WASH) def. Timothy Li (UH) 6-3, 6-2
4. Toa Maeda (UH) def. Brett Pearson (WASH) 6-1, 7-5
5. Hyeon Seok Seo (WASH) def. Hikaru Takahashi (UH) 6-3, 6-3
6. Daniel Bien (WASH) def. Ziwen Ju (UH) 6-2, 7-5

Doubles competition
1. Soham Purohit/Brett Pearson (WASH) def. Timothy Li/Kosuke Nakanishi (UH) 6-4
2. Stephane Kamendje/Nikola Plavsic (WASH) def. Toa Maeda/Azuma Visaya (UH) 6-3
3. Kent Mueller/Hikaru Takahashi (UH) vs. Rohan Belday/Hyeon Seok Seo (WASH) 5-5, unfinished

Match Notes:
Washington 1-0
Hawaii 1-2
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (2,3,4,5,6,1)