The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa women’s tennis team defeated San Jose State University (SJSU), 4-3 on January 19 at the UH Tennis Complex. SJSU captured the doubles point to start the day, but the Rainbow Wahine rallied, recording four singles victories with Madison Kim clinching the match on the No. 5 court.
In doubles, the Rainbow Wahine No. 3 duo of Alexis Merrill and Kim started with a 6-1 win. SJSU’s No. 2 pairing held off UH, 6-3 to even things up. The doubles point was decided on the No. 1 court as SJSU squeaked past UH in a tie-breaker, 7-6 (0) to take a 1-0 lead in the match.
The Rainbow Wahine quickly turned things around with a 2-1 match lead as Klara Novacova led the singles matches with a sweep over SJSU‘s Raquel Pereira, 6-2, 6-3, while UH’s Satsuki Takamura took down SJSU’s Irena Muradyan, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1. SJSU then evened the match at 2-2 with a 7-6 (5), 6-1 win on the No. 6 court. The Rainbow Wahine followed by winning the next two matches as Ana Vilcek defeated Perero Galindo by a break in both sets, 6-4, 6-4, and Kim finally clinched the match in three tough sets, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5.
UH will return to the courts on January 20 as they take on the University of Washington. First serve is scheduled for 11 a.m. at the UH Tennis Complex.
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