Women’s Tennis Continues ITA Southwest Regionals

SAN DIEGO, Calif.—The University of Hawai’i women’s tennis team continued to battle in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s (ITA) Southwest Regionals at the Skip and Cindy Hogan Tennis Center in San Diego, Calif. on Friday.
 
In the singles Main Draw, Hawai’i freshman Grete Gull captured the first set against San Diego State’s Gloria Alogo Piqueras, but fell In the last two frames, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
 
In the doubles Main Draw, two Hawai’i pairs advanced with strong wins. UH’s Makeilah Nepomuceno and Hannah Galindo doubled up on UC Irvine’s Quinn Brady and Amanda Perez, 8-4, while UH newcomers Sophie Rachor and Gull pulled away from Long Beach State’s Diana De Simone and Thea Jagare, 8-2. Both Nepomuceno/Galindo and Rachor/Gull will play at 6:00 a.m. HT on Saturday. Nepomuceno and Galindo will take on San Diego State’s Jo-Yee Chan/Vessa Turley, while Rachor and Gull will face San Diego’s Hannah Read/Vilma Krebs Hyllested.
 
On Friday in a consolation matches, UH’s Rachor swept UC Riverside’s Juliana Galindo, 6-3, 6-0.  UH’s Emma Forgac fought hard, forcing a third set tiebreaker against UC Irvine’s Carolyna Fowler, but fell in the super tiebreaker, 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (10-7). Hawai’i’s Hannah Galindo was locked in a first set tie-breaker with Grand Canyon’s Peyton Duckett, but fell in two, 7-6 (4), 6-2.
 
The ITA Southwest Regionals continue on Saturday at 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.
Friday, Oct. 17, 2025

Doubles- Round of 64

Anastasia Bozova/Ada Piestrzynska (LMU) def. Emma Forgac/Allaire Berl (UH), 8-3

Makeilah Nepomuceno/Hannah Galindo (UH) def. Quin Brady/Amanda Perez (UCI), 8-4

Sophie Rachor/Greta Gull (UH) def. Diana De Simone/Thea Jagare (LBSU), 8-2

 

Main Draw

Gloria Alogo Piqueras (SDSU) def. Grete Gull (UH), 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

 

Singles Consolation

Peyton Duckett (GCU) def. Hannah Galindo (UH), 7-6 (4), 6-2

Sophie Rachor (UH) def Juliana Galindo (UCR), 6-3, 6-0

Carolyna Fowler (UCI) def. Emma Forgac (UH), 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (10-7)

Makeilah Nepomuceno (UH) vs. Johanna Hiesmair (LBSU)

Natalie Lynch (CP) def. Allaire Berl (UH), 6-4, 4-3 (Wd, Inj.)

 

SATURDAY SCHEDULE

Doubles – Main Draw

6:00 a.m. HT –  Jo-Yee Chan/Vessa Turley (SDSU) vs. Makeilah Nepomuceno/Hanna Galindo (UH)

6:00 a.m. HT – Sophie Rachor/Grete Gull (UH) vs. Hannah Read/Vilma Krebs Hyllested (USD)

 

Doubles – Consolation

TBD – Olivia Allegre/Carling Allaye-Chan (UCSD) vs. Emma Forgac/Allaire Berl (UH)

 

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