SURPRISE, Ariz. (April 16, 2016) – The ninth-ranked Hawaii Pacific women's tennis team came up short of securing the PacWest Championship and fell 5-1 to top-ranked BYU-Hawaii in the tourney finale at Surprise Tennis & Racquet Center.
HPU (15-5) saw its top-ranked doubles team of
Kristyna Hancarova (sophomore from Karvina, Czech Republic) and
Nicole Hoynaski (junior from Sydney, Australia) fall to 16-3 on the season after the tandem was defeated by the No. 2 team of Nannan Zhang and Xin Wen, 8-4. The Sharks teams of
Lorena Gheorghe and
Syna Kayser as well as
Oceane Adam and
Julia Sauer also fell to BYU-Hawaii.
The Seasiders (22-0) leaned on Zhang, the top-ranked singles player, as she downed No. 15 Hancarova 6-1, 6-0. HPU picked up its lone singles win of the day via Gheorghe, who bested Jeong-Min Jeon 6-1, 6-0.
BYU-Hawaii's victory represented the program's 10
th PacWest women's crown and the Seasiders are the only women's squad to win the crown in the history of the conference. Zhang also took home Tournament MVP honors after remaining undefeated in both singles and doubles action.
Complete Results
#1 BYU-Hawaii 5, #9 Hawaii Pacific 1
Singles competition
1. #1 Nannan Zhang (BYUHWT) def. #15
Kristyna Hancarova (HPU-WT) 6-1, 6-0
2. #7 Min Liu (BYUHWT) vs. #43
Nicole Hoynaski (HPU-WT) 6-3, 1-4, unfinished
3. #47 Xin Wen (BYUHWT) vs.
Syna Kayser (HPU-WT) 6-3, 2-3, unfinished
4. Shu-Ying Hsieh (BYUHWT) def.
Oceane Adam (HPU-WT) 6-3, 6-0
5.
Lorena Gheorghe (HPU-WT) def. Jeong-Min Jeon (BYUHWT) 6-1, 6-0
6. Jade Griffin (BYUHWT) vs.
Julia Sauer (HPU-WT) 6-7 (5-7), 1-1, unfinished
Doubles competition
1. #2 Nannan Zhang/Xin Wen (BYUHWT) def. #1
Kristyna Hancarova/
Nicole Hoynaski (HPU-WT) 8-4
2. #16 Min Liu/Shu-Ying Hsieh (BYUHWT) def.
Lorena Gheorghe/
Syna Kayser (HPU-WT) 8-6
3. Jade Griffin/Kanela Adamson (BYUHWT) def.
Oceane Adam/
Julia Sauer (HPU-WT) 8-4
Match Notes: Hawaii Pacific 15-5; National ranking #9; Regional ranking #2 BYU-Hawaii 22-0; National ranking #1; Regional ranking #1 Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (5,4,1)
