“Serve It Up: Women’s Tennis Unleashes Excitement at the Weinman Foundation Invitational”

HONOLULU–The women’s tennis squad from the University of Hawai’i commenced the prestigious Weinman Foundation Invitational on Wednesday, competing against the reigning NCAA champions and No. 2-ranked Texas A&M as well as No. 17 Southern California at the UH Tennis Complex.

In doubles play, the UH tandem of Ana Vilcek and Nikola Homolkova put up a valiant effort, yet succumbed to a break, losing to Texas A&M’s Lexington Reed and Lucciana Perez, 7-5, while UH’s Joelle Lanz and Emma Forgac fought hard but fell short against USC’s Maia Sung and Parker Fry, 6-3.

During singles, UH’s Emma Forgac managed to equalize her match against USC’s Simone Kay, taking the second set by a break to trigger a deciding third. However, Kay secured the last three games in the third set to clinch the match, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. UH’s Peppi Ramstedt put forth a challenge but ultimately lost to Texas A&M’s No. 102-ranked Daria Smetannikov, 6-4, 6-3. Hawai’i’s Allaire Berl started strong against the Aggies’ Lizanne Boyer but eventually faltered in straight sets, 7-5, 6-1.

The Rainbow Wahine will continue the four-day Weinman Foundation Invitational on Thursday at 10:00 a.m. HT at the UH Tennis Complex.

Weinman Foundation Invitational – Day 1 Results

Honolulu, O’ahu (UH Tennis Complex)

Jan 08, 2025

Singles competition

Simone Kay (Southern California) def. Emma Forgac (Hawaii) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4

Jeanette Mireles (Texas A&M) def. Joelle Lanz (Hawaii) 6-2, 6-0

#15 Nicole Khirin (Texas A&M) def. #45 Emma Charney (Southern California) 6-2, 6-2

Lexington Reed (Texas A&M) def. Hannah Galindo (Hawaii) 6-1, 6-2

Sloane Morra (Southern California) def. Makeilah Nepomuceno (Hawaii) 6-1, 6-2

Parker Fry (Southern California) def. Sheena Masuda (Hawaii) 6-4, 6-3

#102 Daria Smetannikov (Texas A&M) def. Peppi Ramstedt (Hawaii) 6-4, 6-3

Lucciana Perez (Texas A&M) def. Ana Vilcek (Hawaii) 6-0, 6-2

Jana Hossam (Southern California) def. Nikola Homolkova (Hawaii) 6-3, 6-3

Mia Kupres (Texas A&M) def. #57 Immi Haddad (Southern California) 6-3, 6-2

Lizanne Boyer (Texas A&M) def. Allaire Berl (Hawaii) 7-5, 6-1

Doubles competition

Maia Sung/Parker Fry (Southern California) def. Joelle Lanz/Emma Forgac (Hawaii) 6-3

#7 Lily Fairclough/Grace Piper (Southern California) def. Mia Kupres/Daria Smetannikov (Texas A&M) 7-6 (7-3)

Nicole Khirin/Jeanette Mireles (Texas A&M) def. Hannah Galindo/Makeilah Nepomuceno (Hawaii) 6-0

Emma Charney/Immi Haddad (Southern California) def. Peppi Ramstedt/Sheena Masuda (Hawaii) 6-2

Lexington Reed/Lucciana Perez (Texas A&M) def. Ana Vilcek/Nikola Homolkova (Hawaii) 7-5

 

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