The 'Bows captured the doubles point after defeating the Aztecs' second and third-seeded pairs. UH's Markovic and Takamura handed freshman Julia Jordan and junior Tamara Arnold a 6-3 decision on court two, while juniors Nnena Nadozie and Abbie Mulbarger were unable to overcome the Rainbow Wahine's Ehn and Pits, falling 6-4.
Hawai'i's success continued into singles play, earning wins on courts one, three and six. Nadozie and freshman Cécile Morin collected the Aztecs' first two wins of Wednesday, with Nadozie continuing her perfect singles season with a 6-4, 6-1 defeat of second-seeded Melounova and Morin besting fifth seed Dolakova 6-1, 6-3. Jordan battled back from a first-set loss to push court four to a third-set 10-point tiebreaker, besting fourth-seeded Pits 2-6, 7-5, 10-6.
Court one saw Arnold fall short to Takamura, 6-4, 6-2, while sophomore Alicia Melosch suffered a 4-6, 0-6 setback on court three. Hawai'i's Kim bested Mulbarger on court six, topping the junior 6-1, 6-4.
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The Aztecs have just a short one-day break before hosting No. 22 University of Southern California Friday, Feb. 21 at Aztec Tennis Center. Doubles play is set to begin at 2 p.m.
Hawaii 4, San Diego State University 3
2/19/2020 at Aztec Tennis Center
Singles Competition
1. Satsuki Takamura (UH) def. Tamara Arnold (SDSU) 6-4, 6-2
2. Nnena Nadozie (SDSU) def. Petra Melounova (UH) 6-4, 6-1
3. Bojana Markovic (UH) def. Alicia Melosch (SDSU) 6-4, 6-0
4. Julia Jordan (SDSU) def. Michelle Pits (UH) 2-6, 7-5, 10-6
5. Cecile Morin (SDSU) def. Nikola Dolakova (UH) 6-1, 6-3
6. Madison Kim (UH) def. Abbie Mulbarger (SDSU) 6-1, 6-4
Doubles Competition
1. Alicia Melosch/Mia Smith (SDSU) vs. Nikola Dolakova/Petra Melounova (UH) 4-5, unfinished
2. Bojana Markovic/Satsuki Takamura (UH) def. Julia Jordan/Tamara Arnold (SDSU) 6-3
3. Rebecca Ehn/Michelle Pits (UH) def. Nnena Nadozie/Abbie Mulbarger (SDSU) 6-4
Doubles Order of finish: 2, 3, 1 (uf)
Singles Order of Finish: 5, 2, 3, 6, 1*,4
*match-clinching dual