Women’s Tennis Drops Another Close Match

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – For the second straight day the University of Hawaii women's tennis team battled hard against a ranked team while incurring the same disappointing result. The 48th-ranked San Diego State women's tennis team won the doubles point and carried the momentum into singles play to defeat Hawai'i, 4-3, Thursday at the Aztec Tennis Center.

With the decision the Rainbow Wahine fell to 1-5 on the year with four of the losses coming to ranked teams. A day after a grueling four-hour marathon loss to No. 45
San Diego, UH had another protracted effort against a ranked squad, eventually falling to the No. 48 Aztecs.

UH lost the doubles point but rallied to take three singles matches. The Rainbow Wahine tied the match at 1-1 when Alyssa Nafarrete downed Olivia Colman, 6-4, 6-0, at No. 6 and tied it again at 2-2 when Sophie Kobuch picked up a victory at No. 2 over Julia Wais 6-1, 7-6 (5).

San Diego State, however, would not be denied as Sierra Ellison outlasted Aglae Van den Bergh in three sets, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, and Julia Trunk provided the clinching win with her 1-6, 6-4, 4-0 ret., effort over Barbara Pinterova at No. 1. With the result in hand, UH picked up the final point of the day when Katarina Poljakova defeated Roxanne Ellison 3-6, 6-4, 6-0.

The Rainbow Wahine will return home briefly before again heading out for another four-match road trip through California. First up for UH will be San Francisco on Feb. 21. First serve is set for 1 p.m. PT (11:00 a.m. HT).

No. 48 San Diego State def. Hawai'i, 4-3

Doubles (SDSU captured doubles point)

1. Sophie Kobuch/Katarina Poljakova (UH) def. Roxanne Ellison/Sierra Ellison (SDSU), 8-5

2. Julia Wais/Julia Trunk (SDSU) def. Alyssa Nafarrete/Barbara Pinterova (UH), 8-6

3. Alicia Aguilar/Emma Cioffi (SDSU) def. Natasha Zorec/Aglae Van den Bergh (UH), 8-3

Order of finish: 3, 1, 2

Singles

1. Julia Trunk (SDSU) def. Barbara Pinterova (UH), 1-6, 6-4, 4-0 ret.*

2. Sophie Kobuch (UH) def. Julia Wais (SDSU), 6-1, 7-6 (5)

3. Katarina Poljakova (UH) def. Roxanne Ellison (SDSU), 3-6, 6-4, 6-0

4. Alicia Aguilar (SDSU) def. Natasha Zorec (UH), 6-2, 6-2

5. Sierra Ellison (SDSU) def. Aglae Van den Bergh (UH), 6-4, 4-6, 6-1