“Empowered Aces: Women’s Tennis Takes Center Stage at the Weinman Foundation Invitational”

HONOLULU–The women’s tennis team of the University of Hawai’i persisted with their competition on Day 2 of the Weinman Foundation Invitational against No. 2 Texas A&M and No. 17 Southern California on Thursday at the UH Tennis Complex.

Hawai’i commenced by triumphing in two doubles contests. The UH pair of Peppi Ramstedt and Sheena Masuda outperformed Texas A&M’s Nicole Khirin and Jeanette Mireles, 6-3, while their teammates Ana Vilcek and Nikola Homolkova overcame Southern California’s Emma Charney and Immi Haddad, also by 6-3.

Freshman Makeila Nepomuceno achieved UH’s solitary singles victory, besting the Aggies’ Lizanne Boyer in successive sets, 6-4, 6-3. UH’s Ana Vilcek contended valiantly but succumbed by a break in both sets against USC’s Lily Fairclough, 6-4, 7-5. Hawai’i’s Allaire Berl struggled early on before USC’s Simone Kay surged ahead in the second set, sealing the match at 7-5, 6-1. UH’s Sheena Masuda secured the second set against Lexington Reed from Texas A&M but was narrowly defeated by a break in the third, concluding at 6-1, 3-6, 6-4.

The upcoming Day 3 of the Weinman Foundation Invitational is scheduled for Friday, January 10, commencing at 10:00 a.m. HT at the UH Tennis Complex.

Weinman Foundation Invitational – Day 2 Outcomes

Honolulu, O’ahu (UH Tennis Complex)

January 09, 2025

Singles Outcomes

#102 Daria Smetannikov (Texas A&M) defeated Emma Forgac (Hawaii) 6-1, 6-2

Lexington Reed (Texas A&M) defeated Sheena Masuda (Hawaii) 6-1, 3-6, 6-4

#15 Nicole Khirin (Texas A&M) defeated Jana Hossam (Southern California) 6-2, 6-3

Lucciana Perez (Texas A&M) defeated #37 Grace Piper (Southern California) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2

Maia Sung (Southern California) defeated Joelle Lanz (Hawaii) 6-4, 6-1

Makeilah Nepomuceno (Hawaii) defeated Lizanne Boyer (Texas A&M) 6-4, 6-3

Lily Fairclough (Southern California) defeated Ana Vilcek (Hawaii) 6-4, 7-5

#45 Emma Charney (Southern California) defeated Peppi Ramstedt (Hawaii) 6-2, 6-3

Mia Kupres (Texas A&M) defeated Nikola Homolkova (Hawaii) 6-2, 6-1

Jeanette Mireles (Texas A&M) defeated Hannah Galindo (Hawaii) 6-2, 6-1

Simone Kay (Southern California) defeated Allaire Berl (Hawaii) 7-5, 6-1

Sloane Morra (Southern California) defeated Jazlyn Miyamura (Hawaii) 6-1

Doubles Outcomes

Sloane Morra/Jana Hossam (Southern California) defeated Hannah Galindo/Makeilah Nepomuceno (Hawaii) 6-2

Mia Kupres/Daria Smetannikov (Texas A&M) defeated Parker Fry/Maia Sung (Southern California) 6-2

Lexington Reed/Lucciana Perez (Texas A&M) defeated Emma Forgac/Joelle Lanz (Hawaii) 6-1

Peppi Ramstedt/Sheena Masuda (Hawaii) defeated Nicole Khirin/Jeanette Mireles (Texas A&M) 6-3

Ana Vilcek/Nikola Homolkova (Hawaii) defeated Emma Charney/Immi Haddad (Southern California) 6-3

Simone Kay/Lizanne Boyer (Texas A&M) defeated Allaire Berl/Jazlyn Miyamura (Hawaii) 6-2

 

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