BIG ISLAND, Hawai'i – Hawai'i Hilo Women's Tennis dropped a pair of matches at home to No. 13 Azusa Pacific, 7-0, and HPU, 4-3, this past weekend.
Friday's match against APU was moved to the Mauna Kea Resort Seaside Racquet Club due to inclement weather in Hilo. The Cougars managed to take the early lead with the doubles point win before claiming straight-sets victories in singles on Courts 2, 5 and 6 to secure the match before cleaning up for the sweep.
Freshman Johanna Roggenkamp was narrowly edged on Court 1 by 45th-ranked Stina Larsson with each taking a set before settling for a 13-11 10-point tiebreak that went in favor of APU.
Hilo weather provided a gorgeous Sunday morning backdrop against the Sharks as the doubles point was decided in a narrow 7-5 defeat on Court 2.
HPU claimed singles wins on Courts 2 and 3 to take the 3-0 lead before Roggenkamp got the Vulcans on the board with a 6-4, 6-2 win on Court 1. However, HPU secured the match with a singles win on Court 5. Hawai'i Hilo's Pia Starnecker (Court 4) and Victoria Ricaurte-Cabas (Court 6) also took victories in the third-set 10-point tiebreak.
NOTES
- Doubles Wins:
- 2. [UHH] V. Ricaurte-Cabas + A. Takahashi def. [APU] S. Lopez + T. Kaukenas – 6-3
- 3. [UHH] L. Jordan + K. Ideta def. [HPU] K. Castillo + K. Sperry – 7-5
- Singles Wins:
- 1. [UHH] J. Roggenkamp def. [HPU] E. Roobol – 6-4, 6-2
- 4. [UHH] P. Starnecker def. [HPU] R. Viller Moeller – 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 (10-4)
- 6. [UHH] V. Ricaurte-Cabas def. [HPU] L. Lieberman – 1-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-1)
- Hawai'i Hilo: 1-3 Overall
- No. 13 Azusa Pacific: 6-1 Overall
- HPU: 5-2 Overall
UP NEXT
- Thursday, March 5 vs Menlo (Santa Barabara, California)
- Friday, March 6 vs Westmont (Santa Barbara, California)
- Saturday, March 7 vs Azusa Pacific (Azusa, California)
