Gull, Rachor Win Two To Advance to ITA SW Regionals’ Quarterfinals

SAN DIEGO, Calif.—The University of Hawai’i ladies’s tennis group entered Day 3 of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s (ITA) Southwest Regionals on Saturday. The Hawai’i duo of Sophie Rachor and Grete Gull gained each their Main Draw doubles matches to punch their ticket into Sunday’s quarterfinals on the Skip and Cindy Hogan Tennis Center in San Diego, Calif..
 
Rachor and Gull—each Hawai’i newcomers—began the day defeating San Diego’s Hannah Read and Vilma Krebs Hyllested within the Round of 32, 8-4. The UH duo then returned to the court docket to defeat Cal Poly’s Kennedy Buntrock and Candela Aparisi, 8-5 to advance to the quarterfinal spherical. On Sunday, the UH pair will face Pepperdine’s second-seeded Alexia Harmon and Anastasiia Grechkina
 
In different foremost draw doubles motion, Hawai’i’s Makeilah Nepomuceno and Hanna Galindo fell to San Diego State’s Jo-Yee Chan and Vessa Turley, 8-3.
 
The Rainbow Wahine additionally had 5 competing in comfort singles matches. Nepomuceno led the ‘Bows, successful in straight units over UC Riverside’s Katarina Curcic, 6-4, 6-2.  Three of UH’s different 4 matches resulted in third set tremendous tie-breakers. Gull dropped her first set in opposition to Long Beach State’s Cecilia Costa, however bounced again to clean Costa within the second set. But Gull was unable to maintain tempo with Costa within the tiebreaker, falling, 6-3, 0-6, 1-0 (10-3). Hawai’i’s Galindo evened her match by holding off Cal Poly’s Sarah MacCallum by a break within the second set, however couldn’t maintain on within the tremendous tie-breaker, 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-6). Emma Forgac additionally dropped her first set however fought again to take the second set by a break over UC San Diego’s Julia Visaya. In the tremendous tie-breaker, Visaya edged out Forgac for the win, 6-2, 5-7, 1-0 (10-7).
 
The ITA Southwest Regionals proceed on Sunday for Day 4 on the Skip and Cindy Hogan Tennis Center in San Diego.
 
 
ITA Southwest Regionals – Day 2 Results
Skip and Cindy Hogan Tennis Center
San Diego, Calif.
 
SATURDAY RESULTS
Doubles – Main Draw – Round of 32
Jo-Yee Chan/Vessa Turley (SDSU) def. Makeilah Nepomuceno/Hanna Galindo (UH), 8-3
Sophie Rachor/Grete Gull (UH) def. Hannah Read/Vilma Krebs Hyllested (USD), 8-4
 
Doubles – Main Draw – Round of 16
Sophie Rachor/Grete Gull (UH) def. Kennedy Buntrock/Candela Aparisi (CP), 8-5
 
Singles – Consolation
Cecilia Costa (LBSU) def. Grete Gull (UH), 6-3, 0-6, 1-0 (10-3)
Sarah MacCallum (CP) def. Hannah Galindo (UH), 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-6)
Julia Visaya (UCSD) def. Emma Forgac (UH), 6-2, 5-7, 1-0 (10-7)
Makeilah Nepomuceno (UH) def. Katarina Curcic (UCR), 6-4, 6-2
Shachf Lieberman (UCSB) def. Sophie Rachor (UH), 6-3, 6-1
 
SUNDAY SCHEDULE
Doubles – Main Draw – Quarterfinals
Sophie Rachor/Grete Gull (UH) vs. Alexia Harmon/Anastasiia Grechkina (Pepperdine)
 
Doubles – Consolation
Makeilah Nepomuceno/Hannah Galindo (UH) vs. Alexandra Ozerets/Aspen Chung (CP)
 
Singles – Consolation
Emma Forgac (UH) vs. Stephanie Shogreen (Arizona)
Makeila Nepomceno (UH) vs. Sofia Cohen Perovani (LMU)
Hanna Galindo (UH) vs. TBD