TEXOMA – Hawaiʻi Hilo Men's Tennis opened its spring break trip at 1-2 in the South Central region, starting with a 4-0 victory over UT Dallas on Monday before falling to No. 37 Cameron, 1-4, on Tuesday and dropping a tight 3-4 decision to No. 20 Midwestern State on Wednesday.

The Vulcans took down the winless Comets in Richardson, Texas (UTD Tennis Courts), winning the doubles point in a tough tiebreaker battle on Court 2 (Sergi Tintore and Filippo Di Perna) then clinching singles play highlighted by Angel Fonseca's and David Krnavek's straight-sets victories on Courts 3 and 6, respectively, to seal the match.

Against Cameron in Lawton, Oklahoma (Streich-Henry Tennis Complex), the 37th-ranked Aggies claimed the doubles point — coming down to a narrow matchup won by the fourth-ranked pair of Lukas Janousek (also ranked No. 4 in singles) and Noe Milliard (singles rank No. 73) on Court 1 — before winning three of four completed singles contests. Max Solano provided Hawai'i Hilo's lone point with a straight-sets victory on Court 2.

Wednesday's match against No. 20 Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, Texas (MSU Tennis Center) came down to the wire. After the Mustangs took the doubles point, the Vulcans rallied in singles with Solano, Fonseca and Iori Furuhata each winning in three sets. The decisive moment came on Court 1 where Jaime Paquet battled No. 10 Germano Setti through an extended 11-9 tiebreak in a Set 3 defeat to give Midwestern State the 4-3 victory.

NOTES

• Singles Wins vs UT Dallas (March 16):
  • 1: [UHH] J. Paquet def. [UTD] J.L. Aguirre – W (Retirement)
  • 3: [UHH] A. Fonseca def. [UTD] E. Shteyn – 6-2, 6-3
  • 6: [UHH] D. Krnavek def. [UTD] E. Pastor – 6-1, 6-2
• Doubles Wins vs UT Dallas (March 16):
  • 2: [UHH] F. Di Perna + S. Tintore def. [UTD] J.L. Aguirre + E. Shteyn – 7-6 (7-5)
  • 3: [UHH] I. Furuhata + M. Solano def. [UTD] B. Barnet + R. Aviur – 6-0
• Singles Wins vs Cameron (March 17):
  • 2: [UHH] M. Solano def. [CAM] No. 73 N. Milliard – 6-3, 6-4
• Doubles Wins vs Cameron (March 17):
  • 3: [UHH] I. Furuhata + M. Solano def. [CAM] M. Hlavacek + L. Setina – 6-2
• Singles Wins vs Midwestern State (March 18):
  • 2: [UHH] M. Solano def. [MSU] B. Sanchez – 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
  • 3: [UHH] A. Fonseca def. [MSU] J. Marquez – 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-2
  • 5: [UHH] I. Furuhata def. [MSU] M. Earle – 7-6 (8-6), 3-6, 6-4
• Doubles Wins vs Midwestern State (March 18):
  • 3: [UHH] I. Furuhata + M. Solano def. [MSU] J.D. Duque + J. Marquez – 6-2
• Hawaiʻi Hilo: 4-5 Overall
  • Preseason Coaches Poll: No. 5
• UT Dallas: 0-8 Overall
  • Richardson, Texas
  • Lone Star Conference
• No. 37 Cameron: 7-2 Overall
  • Lawton, Oklahoma
  • Lone Star Conference
• No. 20 Midwestern State: 9-3 Overall
  • Wichita Falls, Texas
  • Lone Star Conference

UP NEXT

• Friday, March 20 (8 AM) vs No. 4 UT Tyler (Tyler, Texas)
• Saturday, March 21 vs Tyler Junior College (Tyler, Texas)
• Saturday, April 4 (3 PM) vs Point Loma (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi)
• Sunday, April 5 (1 PM) vs Colorado Mesa (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi)
• Monday, April 6 vs HPU (Kailua, Hawaiʻi)
• April 15-17 at PacWest Championships (Surprise, Arizona)

PACWEST PRESEASON POLL

Hawaiʻi Hilo was voted No. 5 in the Pacific West Conference Preseason Coaches Poll. The Vulcans finished the 2025 season with a seventh-place finish at the PacWest Championships. The six-team 2026 PacWest Championships will be held April 15-17 at the Surprise Tennis & Racquet Complex in Surprise, Arizona.