DENVER, Colo. (March 21, 2016) – The ninth-ranked Hawaii Pacific women's tennis team defeated No. 22 Midwestern State (Tex.) University, 7-2, Monday morning as the Sharks continued their five-match Mile High road swing.
 
HPU's 15^th-ranked singles player Kristyna Hancarova defeated No. 37 Madeline Schorlemmer 6-1, 6-4 in the top singles slot. In the No. 2 singles position, HPU's 41^st-ranked Nicole Hoynaski downed Eirini Kontaki 6-1, 3-6, (1). Syna Kayser posted a singles victory for HPU by dispatching Greta Lazzarotto 7-5, 6-2 in the third slot, while fellow Sharks players Oceane Adam, Lorena Gheorghe and Julia Sauer also notched singles wins.
 
In the top doubles slot, the fourth-ranked team of Hancarova and Hoynaski – recently selected as the top doubles tandem in the West region, a first for the HPU women's program – claimed its matchup with Kontaki and Lindsay Nochowicz, 8-3. 
 
HPU (11-3) will remain in Denver to face Cameron (Okla.) University on March 22 before returning to the Islands.
 
COMPLETE RESULTS
 

#1 Singles	#37 Madeline Schorlemmer	#15 Kristyna Hancarova	Hawaii Pacific University	6-1, 6-4
#2 Singles	Eirini Kontaki	#41 Nicole Hoynaski	Hawaii Pacific University	6-1, 3-6, (1)
#3 Singles	Greta Lazzarotto	Syna Kayser	Hawaii Pacific University	7-5, 6-2
#4 Singles	Lauren Pineda	Oceane Adam	Hawaii Pacific University	6-2, 6-3
#5 Singles	Lindsay Nochowicz	Lorena Gheorghe	Hawaii Pacific University	6-1, 6-4
#6 Singles	Abby White	Julia Sauer	Hawaii Pacific University	6-2, 6-3
#1 Doubles	Eirini Kontaki   Lindsay Nochowicz	#4 Kristyna Hancarova   Nicole Hoynaski	Hawaii Pacific University	8-3
#2 Doubles	Lauren Pineda   Amy Clifton	Lorena Gheorghe   Syna Kayser	Midwestern State University	9-7
#3 Doubles	Madeline Schorlemmer   Greta Lazzarotto	Julia Sauer   Oceane Adam	Midwestern State University	8-6