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LA JOLLA, Calif.\u2014The University of Hawai’i women’s tennis team fought hard on the opening day of\u00a0The Big West Fall Selection Event on Thursday at the Northview Tennis Courts hosted by UC San Diego. Two UH doubles teams won both their matches on Thursday to advance to Friday’s quarterfinal round, while three Rainbow Wahine punched their tickets into the singles Round of 32.
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\nThe Rainbow Wahine got off to a strong start in doubles to start the tournament. All three UH pairs won their Round of 32 matches. Hawai’i’s duo of Makeilah Nepomuceno<\/a> and Hanna Galindo cruised past Cal State Fullerton’s Seha Yu and Milena Gevorgya, 8-3 and UH’s Emma Forgac<\/a> and Allaire Berl<\/a> held off UC Irvine’s Carlyna Fowler and Haily Huynh by a break, 8-6. The Rainbow Wahine’s newcomer pairing or Sophie Rachor<\/a> and Grete Gull<\/a> defeated UC Riverside’s Ramey Yu and Kei Kato also by a break, 8-6.
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\nIn the Round of 16, UH’s \u00a0Rachor\/Gull upset top-seeded Paulina. Franco and Cecilia Costa of The Beach, 8-5\/ Hawai’i’s Nopomuceno and Galindo notched their second win of the day with an 8-6 win over Cal Poly’s Tia Bonita Jakupovic-Kljako and Alexa Ozrets, 8-6.\u00a0Long Beach State’s Diana DeSimone and Thea Jagare defeated UH’s Forgac and Berl, 8-5.
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\nOn Friday, Rachor and Gull will face UC San Diego’s H\u0101na Gamracy\/Julia Visaya, while Nepomuceno\/Galindo will take on second seeded Jessica MacCallum\/ Candela Aparisi of Cal Poly. Times are to be determined.
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\nIn singles, Gull tossed a near shutout to win in straight sets over UC San Diego’s Kamya\u00a0Nair, 6-1, 6-0. In the “Battle of the Emma’s, Hawaii’s Emm Forgac upended UCSB’s fifth seeded Emma Tutoveanu by a break in both sets, 6-4, 7-5.
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\nIn the late singles matches, UH’s Nepomuceno fought her way back after losing the first set via tie breaker and winning the final two sets to down Cal State Fullerton’s Amelia Zylberman, 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-5. Hawai’i’s Berl fell in the closest match possible to\u00a0 UC Irvine’s Maily Huynh by a pair of tiebreaker losses, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (2)
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\nUH’s Galindo was in a battle with UCSB’s Csarla Pacot, but an injury halted the match tied at a set apiece and Pacot leading 4-1 in the third frame. Pacot notched the victory, 2-6, 7-6 (5) 4-1 (ret.). Cal Poly’s Candela Aparisi defeated UH’s Rachor tin two, 6-2, 6-2.
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\nBIG WEST FALL SELECTION EVENT
\nNorthview Tennis Courts – La Jolla, Calif.
\nOct. 2, 2025
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\nDoubles Results
\nRound of 32
\nEmma Forgac<\/a>\/Allaire Berl<\/a> (UH) def. Carlyna Fowler\/Haily Huynh (UCI), 8-6
\nSophie Rachor<\/a>\/Grete Gull<\/a> (UH) dev. Ramey Yu\/Kei Kato (UCR), 8-6
\nMakeilah Nepomuceno<\/a>\/Hannah Galindo<\/a> (UH) def. Seha Yu\/Milena Gevorgya (CSF), 8-3
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\nRound of 16
\nDiana DeSimone\/Thea Jagare (LBSU) def. Emma Forgac<\/a>\/Allaire Berl<\/a> (UH), 8-5
\nSophie Rachor<\/a>\/Grete Gull<\/a> (UH) def Paulina\u00a0Franco\/Cecilia Costa[1] (LBSU), 8-5
\nMakeilah Nepomuceno<\/a>\/Hannah Galindo<\/a> (UH) def. Alexa Ozrets\/Tia Bonita Jakupovic-Kljako (CP), 8-6
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\nSingles Results
\nRound of 64
\nGrete Gull<\/a> (UH) [9] def. Kamya Nair (UCSD), 6-1, 6-0
\nCandela \u00a0Aparisi [9] (CP) def. Sophie Rachor<\/a> (UH), 6-2. 6-2
\nEmma Forgac<\/a> (UH) def. Emma Tutoveanu [5] (UCSB), 6-4, 7-5
\nMakeilah Nepomuceno<\/a> (UH) def. Amelia Zylberman, (CSF), 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-5
\nMaily Huynh (UCI) def. Allaire Berl<\/a> (UH), 7-6 (5), 7-6(2)
\nCarla Pacot (UCSB) def Hannah Galindo<\/a> (UH), 2-6, 7-6 (5), 4-1 (ret.)
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\nFRIDAY SCHEDULE (OCT. 3)
\nDOUBLES – QUARTERFINALS
\nTBD – Makeilah Nepomuceno<\/a>\/Hannah Galindo<\/a> vs\/ [2] Jessica MacCallum\/ Candela Aparisi (CP)
\nTBD – Sophie Rachor<\/a>\/Grete Gull<\/a> (UH) vs H\u0101na Gamracy\/Julia Visaya
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\nSINGLES
\nROUND OF 16
\n5:00 a.m. HT – Emma Forgac<\/a> (UH) vs. Julianna Galindo (UCR)
\n6:30 a.m HT – Grete Gull<\/a> (UH) vs. Paulina Franco (LBSU)
\n6:45 a.m. HT \u2013 Makeila Nepmuceno (UH) vs. Diana\u00a0De Simone,
\n[5] (LBSU)
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\nCONSOLATION
\n10:30 a.m. HT – Ramey Yu [9] (UCR) vs. Hannah Galindo<\/a> (UH)
\nTBD – Sophie Rachor<\/a> (UH) vs. Varsha Jawad (UCSD)
\nTBD – \u00a0Allaire Berl<\/a> (UH) vs. Chloe Schwarz (CSF)
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