STANFORD, Calif. – No. 26 Stanford women's tennis cruised to a 6-1 victory over Hawai'i Sunday afternoon at Taube Tennis Stadium for its fourth consecutive victory.
The Cardinal (8-3, 3-0 Pac-12) won the doubles point and sophomore Emma Higuchi provide the clincher at No. 5 singles with her seventh dual victory (15th overall) of the season.
Stanford used 6-1 wins by the No. 1 doubles team of Emily Arbuthnott and Michaela Gordon, No. 3 in the Oracle/ITA rankings, and the No. 2 doubles team of Caroline Lampl and Kimberly Yee to take a 1-0 lead over Hawai'i (6-6, 2-2 Big West).
Yee gave the Cardinal a 2-0 advantage, surrendering just two games in a win at the No. 6 spot. Lampl inched Stanford closer to the win with a 6-2, 6-1 victory at No. 2, and Higuchi clinched it with a 6-1, 6-1 victory at No. 5.
Gordon dropped her first match in more than a month as Petra Melounova earned a 6-2, 6-3 victory at the No. 1 spot to give Hawai'i its lone point in the match.
The Cardinal will complete its homestand this coming Wednesday, March 28, at 1:30 p.m. PT against UC Santa Barbara. Stanford will return to Pac-12 play later in the week, with matches at Arizona State on Friday, March 30, and Arizona on Saturday, March 31.
No. 26 Stanford 6, Hawai'i 1
DOUBLES
1) No. 3 Emily Arbuthnott/Michaela Gordon (STAN) d. Klara Pribylova/Nikola Dolakova (HAW) 6-1
2) Caroline Lampl/Kimberly Yee (STAN) d. Petra Melounova/ Roxanne Resma (HAW) 6-1
3) Emma Higuchi/ Janice Shin (STAN) vs. Marina Hruba/Alzbeta Houbova (HAW) 4-1 unfinished
Order of Finish: 1,2,-
SINGLES
1) Petra Melounova (HAW) d. No. 10 Michaela Gordon (STAN) 6-2, 6-3
2) No. 98 Caroline Lampl (STAN) d. Nikola Dolakova (HAW) 6-2, 6-1
3) No. 40 Emily Arbuthnott (STAN) d. Marina Hruba (HAW) 6-1, 6-2
4) Janice Shin (STAN) d. Klara Pribylova (HAW) 6-3, 6-1
5) Emma Higuchi (STAN) d. Michelle Pits (HAW) 6-1, 6-1
6) Kimberly Yee (STAN) d. Roxanne Resma (HAW) 6-0, 6-2
Order of Finish: 6,2,5,3,4,1