HONOLULU (March 26, 2023) — The UC Santa Barbara Women's Tennis team won the doubles point in a very close match against Hawai'i Sunday evening, but ultimately fell to the Rainbow Wahine, 4-3, in Honolulu. Neither team led by more than a point during the match, which went down to the final singles contest.

THE MATCH
Final: UC Santa Barbara 3, Hawai'i 4
Records: UC Santa Barbara 2-11 (2-1 Big West), Hawai'i 7-6 (5-1 Big West)

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Gauchos took the doubles point, with Marta Gonzalez Ballbe and Camille Kiss winning on court two in response to a court three loss before Amelia Honer and Kira Reuter earned a close win on court one to claim the point for UCSB.

Hawai'i took the lead early on in singles, but Honer tied the match by winning on court one. The hosts re-took the lead, then Valentina Khrebtova brought the Gauchos level again with a win on court four. It was all down to court two, where Camille Kiss had forced a third set after dropping set one, but in the end, it was the Rainbow Wahine who claimed victory.

RESULTS
Doubles
1. #24 Honer/Reuter (UCSB) def. Pinto/Novakova (UH-W) 7-5
2. Kiss/Gonzalez Ballbe (UCSB) def. Vilcek/Homolkova (UH-W) 6-2
3. Kim/Takamura (UH-W) def. Khrebtova/Han (UCSB) 6-1

Order of finish: 3, 2, 1

Singles
1. #61 Amelia Honer (UCSB) def. #107 Ana Vilcek (UH-W) 6-1, 6-2
2. Nikola Homolkova (UH-W) def. Camille Kiss (UCSB) 6-4, 5-7, 6-2
3. Satsuki Takamura (UH-W) def. Kira Reuter (UCSB) 6-2, 6-1
4. Valentina Khrebtova (UCSB) def. Klara Novakova (UH-W) 6-4, 6-4
5. Rita Pinto (UH-W) def. Marta Gonzalez Ballbe (UCSB) 6-2, 6-2
6. Madison Kim (UH-W) def. Solaya Han (UCSB) 6-3, 6-0

Order of finish: 3, 6, 1, 5, 4, 2

UP NEXT
The Gauchos will remain on the road for their next four matches, with a trip to UCLA next up on the schedule. UCSB will meet the Bruins in Los Angeles on Thursday, with first serve set for noon at the Los Angeles Tennis Center. There will be a live stream of the match linked on ucsbgauchos.com