Tournament Central

HONOLULU - The University of Hawai`i women's tennis team saw its season come to a close with a 4-0 loss to No. 16 Fresno State in the WAC Tournament semifinals Friday at the UH Tennis Complex. 

Despite the loss, the Rainbow Wahine (13-13) finished the season with its highest win total in eight years and advanced to the semifinals for the first time in program history. Meanwhile, the top-seed Bulldogs continued to roll over the competition and improved to 21-5 on the year.

 

The two squads met exactly a week ago in Las Cruces, N.M., with the Bulldogs winning that regular-season matchup by a 6-1 count. This time around, Fresno State made quick work of UH, winning two of three doubles matches, then claiming a trio of straight-set matches in singles play for the win.

 

After notching the doubles point, the Bulldogs pulled away in singles play. Fresno State got a lead win from Bruna Paes over Alyssa Nafarrete at the No. 6 court, 6-3, 6-1 and picked up a second singles point when Laura Pola defeated UH's lone senior Melinda Wong 6-4, 6-2 at the No. 5 position, for the final match of Wong's career. The match concluded when No. 66 Renata Kucerkova took down Anja-Vanessa Peter (UH) 6-2, 6-2, at the No. 2 court.

 

1. #1 Renata Kucerkova/Anastasia Petukhova (FS) def. Sophie Kobuch/Aglae Van den Bergh (UH) 8-0

2. Alyssa Nafarrete/Ellen Linsenbolz (UH) vs. #13 Melanie Gloria/Tinesta Rowe (FS) 5-6, unfinished

3. Danon Beatty/Laura Pola (FS) def. Anja-Vanessa Peter/Melinda Wong (UH) 8-5

 

1. Ellen Linsenbolz (UH) vs. #16 Melanie Gloria (FS) 4-6, 0-5, unfinished

2. Sophie Kobuch (UH) vs. #25 Anastasia Petukhova (FS) 4-6, 0-3, unfinished

3. #66 Renata Kucerkova (FS) def. Anja-Vanessa Peter (UH) 6-2, 6-2

4. Aglae Van den Bergh (UH) vs. Tinesta Rowe (FS) 4-6, 1-3, unfinished

5. Laura Pola (FS) def. Melinda Wong (UH) 6-4, 6-2

6. Bruna Paes (FS) def. Alyssa Nafarrete (UH) 6-3, 6-1