SURPRISE, Ariz. (April 15, 2016) – The ninth-ranked Hawaii Pacific women's tennis team continued its PacWest Championship tournament run with a 5-0 victory over No. 24 Sonoma State University in the semifinal round at Surprise Tennis & Racquet Center.
 
HPU (15-4) was led by the top-ranked doubles team of Kristyna Hancarova (sophomore from Karvina, Czech Republic) and Nicole Hoynaski (junior from Sydney, Australia), which improved to 16-2 on the season after the tandem beat Jensyn Warren and Jordyn Kearney, 8-5. The Sharks teams of Lorena Gheorghe and Syna Kayser as well as Oceane Adam and Julia Sauer also posted doubles wins to put the Sharks in prime position entering singles play.
 
Gheorghe breezed by Karlee Budge 6-1, 6-0 and Kayser defeated Kaitlyn Haithcock, who retired during the match, to complete the sweep with four matches unfinished.
 
The Sharks women continue their PacWest Championship pursuit in Saturday's championship final tilt with No. 1 BYU-Hawaii at 9 a.m.
 
Complete Results
 
#9 Hawaii Pacific 5, #24 Sonoma State 0
 
Singles competition
1. #15 Kristyna Hancarova (HPU-WT) vs. Jensyn Warren (SSU-WT) 6-1, 3-2, unfinished
2. #43 Nicole Hoynaski (HPU-WT) def. Jordyn Kearney (SSU-WT) 6-2, 2-1, unfinished
3. Syna Kayser (HPU-WT) def. Kaitlyn Haithcock (SSU-WT) 4-1, retired
4. Amanda Zuidema (SSU-WT) def. Oceane Adam (HPU-WT) 6-2, 2-1, unfinished  
5. Lorena Gheorghe (HPU-WT) def. Karlee Budge (SSU-WT) 6-1, 6-0
6. Katherine Long (SSU-WT) vs. Julia Sauer (HPU-WT) no result
 
Doubles competition
1. #1 Kristyna Hancarova/Nicole Hoynaski (HPU-WT) def. Jensyn Warren/Jordyn Kearney (SSU-WT) 8-5
2. Lorena Gheorghe/Syna Kayser (HPU-WT) def. Amanda Zuidema/Hillary Fazekas (SSU-WT) 8-3
3. Oceane Adam/Julia Sauer (HPU-WT) def. Kaitlyn Haithcock/Katherine Long (SSU-WT) 8-6