University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

2021-22 RAINBOW WAHINE TENNIS 

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

• The Rainbow Wahine finished the 2022 season with a 12-8 overall dual match record with a 7-2 record to finish third in the Big West regular season.

• UH advanced to the semifinal round for the sixth consecutive tournament after sweeping CSUN in the quarterfinals but failed to reach the championship match falling to Cal Poly in the semifinals.

• In the middle of the regular season, the 'Bows went on a seven-match win streak--which included six sweeps over their opponents. It was the longest win-streak since 2018.

• On March 24, the Rainbow Wahine made their 2022 debut in the ITA national rankings at No. 73 in the middle of their seven-match win streak. It was the first time that UH has been ranked since finishing the 2018 season at No. 65.

• Three senior transfers all concluded their collegiate careers as Rainbow Wahine.  Gitte Heynemans, a transfer from Arizona, led Hawai‘i with a team-best 13-6 overall and 12-4 record in singles while posting a perfect 7-0 record in conference. Fellow Arizona transfer Tal Talya Zandberg also had a standout singles season, going 12-7 overall and 7-0 in the Big West. Nidhi Surapaneni, a transfer from North Texas, led UH with a 10-9 overall doubles record while going undefeated in doubles in conference at 6-0 with four different partners (Satsuki Takamura, Madison Kim, Ana Vilcek, and Heynemans). 

• Three Rainbow Wahine earned all-Big West honors. Sophomore Léa Romain (Mirabeau, France) earned first team honors in singles and was named to the All-Big West second team with doubles partner Satsuki Takamura.  In addition, Takamura received honorable mention honors in singles along with teammate, Ana Vilcek.

• The Rainbow Wahine concluded the 2021-22 as UH's Top Academic Team with a combined 3.57 GPA.

AWARDS & HONORS

2022 BIG WEST CHAMPIONSHIP

The Rainbow Wahine swept CSUN, 4-0 to advance to their sixth consecutive Big West Championship semifinal match. Since rejoining the Big West Conference, the Rainbow Wahine have played in eight out of nine semifinals (there was no BWC tourney in 2020 due to COVID-19). Hawai‘i's season came to an end falling to Cal Poly, 4-2 in the semis.

THE HAWAI‘I TENNIS ‘OHANA

The UH men's and women's tennis teams take time out at the Big West Championship to come together for a united photo.

CLASS OF 2022

Gitte Heynemans, Nidhi Surapaneni, and Tal Talya Zandberg

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