{"id":193224,"date":"2026-02-25T15:49:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T15:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/193224\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T15:49:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T15:49:19","slug":"womens-tennis-hosts-big-west-home-opener-vs-long-beach-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/193224\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s Tennis Hosts Big West Home Opener vs. Long Beach State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     HONOLULU&#8211;The 45th-ranked University of Hawai&#8217;i women&#8217;s tennis team (3-4, 1-0 Big West) battles No. 51 Long Beach State (5-5, 2-1 Big West) on Saturday, February 28th at 11:00 a.m. HT at the UH Tennis Complex. It marks Hawai&#8217;i&#8217;s Big West home opener.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tDUAL MATCH #8\u00a0&#8211; #51 LONG BEACH STATE&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tOpponent&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tNo. 51 Long Beach State (5-5, 2-0 Big West)&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tDates &#8211; Start Times:&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tSaturday, February 28, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. HT&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tSite&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tUH Tennis Complex &#8211; Honolulu, O&#8217;ahu&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tLive Stats&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ioncourt.com\/ties\/699e0db836cd30e2cca874aa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE<\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tSOCIAL MEDIA&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t@UofHawaiiTennis\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Twitter\" data-airgap-id=\"59\" height=\"12\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Twitter.png\" style=\"display: inline-block; padding-bottom: 5px;\" width=\"12\"\/>\u00a0| #HawaiiWTEN\u00a0 | #hawaiiwomenstennis\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Instagram\" data-airgap-id=\"60\" height=\"12\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Instagram.png\" style=\"display: inline-block; padding-bottom: 5px;\" width=\"12\"\/> |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RainbowWahineTennis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" data-airgap-id=\"61\" height=\"12\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Facebook.png\" style=\"display: inline-block; padding-bottom: 5px;\" width=\"12\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0#45\u00a0HAWAI&#8217;I RAINBOW WAHINE (3-4, 1-0 Big West)<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"University of Hawaii Logo\" class=\"sidearm-story-image-align-left\" data-airgap-id=\"67\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/v13_7HKZe.png\" style=\"display:inline-block; margin-right:5px; float:left\" width=\"50\"\/>\u2022 The Rainbow Wahine made their 2026\u00a0debut\u00a0into the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Poll this week at #51.<br \/>\n-Hawai&#8217;i enters the week with a 3-4 overall record and a 1-0 mark in the Big West<br \/>\n-Last\u00a0week, UH went 1-2 on the road, falling at San Diego (7-0) and at San Diego State (4-0). But the &#8216;Bows battled back to edge out UC San Diego, 4-3 last Saturday. Hawai&#8217;i\u00a0won the doubles point to start the match, but found itself trailing 3-1. UH&#8217;s No. 5 <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/hannah-galindo\/22311\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22311\" target=\"_blank\">Hannah Galindo<\/a>, No. 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/makeilah-nepomuceno\/22312\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22312\" target=\"_blank\">Makeilah Nepomuceno<\/a>, and No. 4 <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/sophie-rachor\/22313\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22313\" target=\"_blank\">Sophie Rachor<\/a> won the last three singles matches to defeat the Tritons, 4-3.<br \/>\n-Galindo continues to lead Hawai&#8217;i\u00a0with a 5-2 overall singles record on the No. 5\u00a0and 6 courts. In doubles, Galindo and partner\u00a0Nepomuceno lead UH with a 3-3 record playing at the No. 2.<br \/>\n&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/allaire-berl\/22309\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22309\" target=\"_blank\">Allaire Berl<\/a> enters the week with a 3-3 record which ranks her second on the team.<br \/>\n-UH doubles pairings <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/emma-forgac\/22310\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22310\" target=\"_blank\">Emma Forgac<\/a>\/Berl and <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/grete-gull\/22314\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22314\" target=\"_blank\">Grete Gull<\/a>\/Rachor both enter the week with two wins apiece. Forgac and Berl are 2-3 playing at No. 3 while Gull\/Rachor are 2-4 on the No. 1 court.<\/p>\n<p>#51 LONG BEACH STATE BEACH (5-5 2-0 Big West)<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Long Beach State\" class=\"sidearm-story-image-align-left\" data-airgap-id=\"67\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LongBeachState-Logo-200x200.png\" style=\"display:inline-block; margin-right:5px; float:left\" width=\"50\"\/>\u2022 SERIES RECORD: The Beach leads 19-16.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#8211; STREAK: UH has won 2&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>-In their last two matches last week, The Beach defeated UC San Diego, 4-3,\u00a0 then fell to Sacramento State, 3-4.<br \/>\n-In dual matches, Cecillia Costa leads the Beach with a 6-4 overall record playing at No. 1, 2, and 3, while Pamela Badillo, Diana De Simone and Paulina Franco Martinessi all have five wins apiece to pace Long Beach State.\u00a0<br \/>\n-In doubles dual matches, Costa and Franco Marinessi\u00a0lead LBSU with a 6-1 record, while Badillo and Jagare are right behind at 5-1.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n#HawaiiWTEN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; HONOLULU&#8211;The 45th-ranked University of Hawai&#8217;i women&#8217;s tennis team (3-4, 1-0 Big West) battles No.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-193224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}