Hawai'i Pacific beats Grand Valley State 5-1 in NCAA II Round of 16

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FL – Hawai‘i Pacific advanced to the “elite eight” of women's tennis with a 5-1 victory over Grand Valley State on Wednesday, May 11.

The 19-5 Sea Warriors advance to play Armstrong Atlantic tomorrow at 1 PM Eastern with a chance to move to the national semi-finals.

HPU breezed through doubles winning 8-2 at first and third doubles and 8-1 at second doubles.

Zora Vlckova and Celina Goetti finished first, followed by Sandra Wikstrom and Carrie Shuler and then Ielyzaveta Rybakova and Aleksandra Stankovic.

With the 3-0 lead, HPU needed to just win two singles matches to clinch.

Vlckova made short work of Tara Hayes winning 6-0, 6-0 at first singles. GVSU then took their sole point of the match with a win at sixth singles.

Ielyzaveta Rybakova was victorious at second singles 6-1, 6-3 to advance HPU to the next round.