2022-23 Women's Tennis Season Review

University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

2022-23 RAINBOW WAHINE TENNIS

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

Finished the 2022-23 season with an overall record of 14-8 while going 8-1 in The Big West

Became the first team in program history to win both the Big West regular season and BW Championship tournament title in the same year

Advanced to the NCAA Tennis Team Championships for the third time in program history [2012 (WAC), ‘18 (BW), and ‘23(BW)]

Women’s tennis has not had a losing season in conference play since 2011 when UH was still a member of the WAC

Fell in the NCAA Championship’s first round to host Oklahoma, 4-0

Team was twice ranked in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Poll—#64 (2/21) and #67 (4/18)

Both Madison Kim and Satsuki Takamura earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Honors

Five from women’s tennis earned All-Big West Honors:

Coach of the Year – Jun Hernandez

All-Big West First Team-Singles – Nikola Homolkova, Ana Vilcek

All-Big West Second Team-Singles – Satsuki Takamura

All-Big West Honorable Mention-Doubles – Nikola Homolkova/Ana Vilcek and Klara Novakova/Rita Pinto Team won UH’s “Top Academic Women’s Team Award” with a combined 3.61 GPA

Both Nikola Homolkova (3/29) and Ana Vilcek (2/22) received Big West Player of the Week awards

After starting the season 1-4, the Rainbow Wahine started to turn things around, going 13-4 the rest of the season—including a seven-match win-streak from 3/15-4/1. UH entered the NCAA tourney having won 11 of its last 12 matches with its lone loss coming on the road at 26th-ranked USC

AWARDS & HONORS

ALL-BIG WEST HONORS

COACH OF THE YEAR: Jun Hernandez
FIRST TEAM SINGLES: Nikola Homolkova, Ana Vilcek
SECOND TEAM SINGLES: Satsuki Takamura
SECOND TEAM DOUBLES: Nikola Homolkova/Ana Vilcek, Klara Novakova/Rita Pinto

CSC Academic All-District - women's tennis

2023 BIG WEST CHAMPIONSHIP

The Rainbow Wahine secured the regular season championship after finishing the year with a 14-8 overall record and an 8-1 conference record. They would follow that up with a Big West Tournament championship with wins against UC Irvine, Long Beach State, and Cal Poly.