Hawai'i Ends CSUN's Winning Streak at 9; UH Defeats Matadors 5-2

HONOLULU—The University of Hawai'i ended CSUN's 9-dual winning streak Thursday night as the Rainbow Wahine defeated the Matadors 5-2 at the UH Tennis Complex.

With a threat of weather, the dual began with singles play. Rita Pinto scored for Hawai'i (6-6, 4-1 Big West) with a 6-2, 6-3 victory against Vitoria Solis Urdiales in the No. 5 slot. Satuski Takmura defeated Yuliia Zhytelna 6-3, 6-3 at No. 3.

Angela Ho got the Matadors on the scoreboard with a 7-5, 6-4 victory over Madison Kim at No. 6. Ana Vilcek, who is ranked 107th in the current ITA Top 125, dropped the first set at No. 1 versus Jolene Coetzee 7-6 (7-4) before coming back to take the following two sets 6-1, 6-0.

Kiara Novakova needed a third-set tiebreaker at No. 4 against Emma Moratalla Sanz to clinch the dual victory. Novakova won the first set 6-3 before Moratalla Sanz won the second 6-4. Finally, Novakova won the tiebreaker 7-4 to earn the victory.

Nikola Homolkova and Sasha Turchak played two tiebreakers as Homolkova won the match in three sets. Turchak won the first set 7-6 (7-4). Homolkova tied the match 7-5 before winning 8-6 in the third set tiebreaker.

The Matadors earned the doubles point. Turchak and Zhytelna improved to 10-4 on the year when they defeated Novakova and Pinto in No. 1 play. Vilcek and Homolkova defeated Solis Urdiales and Jacqueline O'Neill 6-3 at No. 2 doubles. Finally, Ho and Tallia Harper 's 6-4 victory over Satsuki and Kim at No. 3 secured the point for the Matadors.

ACCORDING TO HEAD COACH GARY VICTOR
"I am very proud of this team. We lost two third-set tiebreaks and had a great chance at one of the toughest places to play. But, we've been pulling out the close matches, and this one didn't go our way, not for lack of fight and character."

PLAYER REACTION
"We fought well as a team, and it came down to a few points in the singles matches," Turchak said. I'm proud of everyone."

"I'm thrilled with how I performed today during my singles and doubles," Ho said. "I trusted my ground strokes in singles and was fighting for every point. Doubles had an interesting start because I was playing with someone new, but I trusted my partner, and we had a great time competing together. Today was delightful, and I had a great time despite the tough matches."

UP NEXT
CSUN (12-3, 3-1 Big West) hosts Sacramento State (6-6) Sunday at 11 a.m.

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Hawai'i Ends CSUN's Winning Streak at 9; UH Defeats Matadors 5-2

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Team Stats

Players Mentioned

Jolene Coetzee

Tallia Harper

Angela Ho

Emma Moratalla Sanz

Jacqueline O'Neill

Vitoria Solis Urdiales

Sasha Turchak

Yuliia Zhytelna