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SAN DIEGO, Calif.\u2014The University of Hawai’i women’s tennis team continued to compete in The Big West Fall Selection Event hosted by UC San Diego at the Northview Tennis Courts on Saturday. Sophomore Makeilah Nepomuceno<\/a> won her two main draw singles matches to breakthrough into Sunday’s championship match. Two of UH’s doubles pairs\u2014Sophie Rachor<\/a>\/Grete Gull<\/a> and Hannah Galindo<\/a>\/Nepomuceno\u2014both advanced\u00a0into both sides of Sunday’s semifinals. \u00a0 Sunday Schedule DOUBLES Finals #HawaiiWTEN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\nIn the quarterfinals singles main draw, Nepomuceno\u00a0pulled away\u00a0down the stretch to defeat Cal Poly’s Natalie Lynch, 6-3, 5-7, 6-1.Nepomuceno then held off fifth seeded Cecilia Costa in straight sets ending in a marathon tie-breaker, 6-4, 7-6 (9) to punch her ticket into Sunday’s Finals. In the Championship match, she will take on Long Beach State’s Pamela Badilla Hernande.
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\nIn the doubles main draw, Hawai’i’s\u00a0Rachor and Gull joined forces to down UCSD’s H\u0101na Gamracy and Julie Visaya by a break, 8-4, while UH’s\u00a0Galindo and Nepomuceno edged out and upset Cal Poly’s second-seeded Jessica MacCallum and Candela Aparisi in a tiebreaker, 8-7 (3) to stay alive in the main draw.
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\nUH’s Rachor and Gull advances to the Semifinal Round against UC Santa Barbara’s Raphaelle Leroux and My-Anh Holmes, while Nepomuceno and Galindo will take on Cal Poly’s Kennedy Buntrock and Natalie Lynch. The main draw doubles semifinals will be held at the Northview Tennis Courts on Saturday, Oct. 5 at 6:00 a.m. HT,<\/p>\n
\nThe Big West Fall Selection Event
\nNorthview Tennis Courts \u2013 San Diego, Calif.
\nSaturday, Oct. 4, 2025
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\nSingles Results
\nQuarterfinals
\nMakeilah Nepomuceno<\/a> (UH) def. Natalie Lynch (CP), 6-3, 5-7, 6-1
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\nSemifinals
\nMakeilah Nepomuceno<\/a> (UH) def. Cecilia Costa (LBSU), 6-4, 7-6 (11-9)
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\nConsolation
\nAllaire Berl<\/a> (UH) def. Yen Nhi Huynh (UCI), 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (13-11)
\nKatarina Vayser (UCSB) def. Hannah Galindo<\/a> (UH), 6-0, 6-0
\nCarling Allaye-Chan (UCSD) def. Emma Forgac<\/a> (UH)6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (10-7)
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\nDoubles Results
\nQuarterfinals
\nSophie Rachor<\/a>\/Grete Gull<\/a> (UH) def. H\u0101na Gamacy\/Julia Visaya (UCSD), 8-4
\nMakeilah Nepomuceno<\/a>\/Hannah Galindo<\/a> (UH) def. Jessica MacCallum\/Canela Aparisi [2] (CP), 8-7 (1)
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\nConsolation
\nIsabella Pitchford\/Mackenzie Lukin (UCI) def. Emma Forgac<\/a>\/Allaire Berl<\/a> (UH), 6-4<\/p>\n
\nSINGLES – FINALS
\nMakeilah Nepomuceno<\/a> (UH) vs. Pamela Badilla Hernandez (LBSU)<\/p>\n
\nSemifinals
\n6:00 a.m. HT – Makeilah Nepomuceno<\/a>\/Hannah Galindo<\/a> (UH) Kennedy Buntrock\/Natalie Lynch [4] (CP)
\nSophie Rachor<\/a>\/Grete Gull<\/a> (UH) vs. Raphaelle Leroux\/My-Anh Holmes [5] (UCSB)<\/p>\n
\n7:00 a.m. HT – TBD
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