BYUH, HPU women advance to PacWest tennis final
ST. GEORGE, Utah — The top-ranked Brigham Young University-Hawai'i women's tennis team and No. 22 Hawai'i Pacific both won their semifinal matches today to advance to tomorrow's title game of the Hawaiian Airlines Pacific West Conference Championship.
BYUH, seeded first in the tournament, defeated Chaminade, 9-0. BYUH improves to 24-0 and has won its last 84 matches.
Chaminade, having its best season in program history, falls to 9-14. The Silverswords defeated Grand Canyon in yesterday's opening round.
Hawai'i Pacific defeated Hawai'i-Hilo, ranked 17th in Division II, 5-2.
The Sea Warriors improve to 19-5 while the Vulcans fall to 12-12.
BYU-HAWAI'I 9, CHAMINADE 0
Singles
No. 1 Elwen Li (BYUH) def. Tiffany DeVincent 6-0, 6-0
No. 2 Maggie Deng (BYUH) def. Audra Takara 6-1, 7-5
No. 3 Becky Lu (BYUH) def. Joelle Tanaka 6-4, 6-3
No. 4 Jenny Chin (BYUH) def. Steffany Godinet 6-0, 6-0
No. 5 Ayako Ikeda (BYUH) def. Kawehi Leong 6-0, 6-0
No. 6 Shenley Searing (BYUH) def. Kiana Iwado 6-2, 6-0
Doubles
No. 1 Li/Deng (BYUH) def. DeVincent/Tanaka 8-2
No. 2 Lu/Ramona Husaru (BYUH) def. Takara/Godinet 8-2
No. 3 Ikeda/Chin (BYUH) def. Iwado/Leong 8-0
HAWAI'I PACIFIC 5, HAWAI'I-HILO 2
SINGLES
No. 1 Eve Castaing (UHH) def. Ingrid Cseh (HPU) 7-5, 6-2
No. 2 Nina Mihova (HPU) vs. Christie Pagatpatan (UHH) 6-3, 5-4, unfinished
No. 3 Anastasia Ageychik (HPU) vs. Nicole Campbell (UHH) 7-5, 5-4, unfinished
No. 4 Elena Hudzikova (HPU) def. Susan Souksavath (UHH) 6-3, 7-6
No. 5 Tinka Mihova (HPU) def. Ana Carolina Ardila (UHH) 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 Lauren Shin (HPU) def. Justine Abella (UHH) 6-1, 6-2
DOUBLES
No. 1 Eve Castaing/Christie Pagatpatan (UHH) def. Ingrid Cseh/Lauren Shin (HPU) 8-5
No. 2 Anastasia Ageychik/Nina Mihova (HPU) def. Nicole Campbell/Susan Souksavath (UHH) 8-1
No. 3 Elena Hudzikova/Tinka Mihova (HPU) def. Justine Abella/Stephanie Tadaki (UHH) 8-3