WAIPAHU, Oah`u--UH Hilo claimed the doubles point and captured six singles matches in straight sets to take a 7-0 women's tennis victory over Chaminade on Saturday night at the Patsy T. Mink Oahu Regional Tennis Center.
The Vulcans improved to 2-2 with the win and the Silverswords fell to 0-2.
UH Hilo's Carolina Alfonsin and Chaminade's Kayleen Lau matched up in the best singles match of the evening. Alfonsin went overtime to take the first set (7-5) before settling in grab set number two, 6-1. Alfonsin and teammate Casydee De Mattos also won on court two in doubles (6-1) as did Sandra Dafincescu and Akari Ichikawa on court three (6-0).
Other singles winners for the Vulcans were Dafincescu, Julia Barden, Nanami Okamoto, De Mattos and Ichikawa.
UH Hilo will wrap up their their Oahu trip with a Sunday morning match against Concordia (9 am) and a Monday square off with Hawai`i Pacific (4 pm).
UH Hilo 7, Chaminade 0
Patsy T. Mink Central O`ahu Regional Park, Waipahu, Hawaii
SINGLES
1. C. Alfonsin (UHH) def. Kayleen Lau (CUH), 7-5, 6-2.
2. S. Dafincescu (UHH) def. Salamasina Robertson (CUH), 6-0, 6-4.
3. J. Barden (UHH) def. Kylie Ye (CUH), 6-0, 6-1.
4. N. Okamoto (UHH) def. Sydney Danielson (CUH), 6-0, 6-0.
5. C. De Mattos (UHH) def. Skye Haraga (CUH), 6-0, 6-0.
6. A. Ichikawa (UHH) def. Emily Ramirez Miranada (CUH), 6-0, 6-0.
Order of Finish: 4-5-6-3-2-1
DOUBLES
1. Barden/Okamoto (UHH) vs. Lau/Robertson (CUH), 3-3, UNF.
2. Alfonsin/De Mattos (UHH) def. Ye/Danielson (CUH), 6-1.
3. Dafincescu/Ichikawa (UHH) def. Haraga/Ramirez Miranda.
Order of Finish: 3-2
TEAM RECORDS
UH Hilo 2-2, Chaminade 0-2