Match Results

WAIPIO, Hawaii — Not even a passing storm could dampen the No. 12 Academy of Art University women's tennis team's spirit Thursday, as the Urban Knights got back on the winning track with a 9-0 sweep of Chaminade at Central Oahu Regional Park.
 
ART U (5-2) quickly bounced back from its 8-1 defeat at the hands of No. 4 BYU-Hawaii the day before with a dominating victory after a two-hour rain delay pushed back the start of the match. The Knights only lost four games to the Silverswords (0-10) in sweeping the doubles competition and won five singles matches in straight sets with no more than two games lost across 10 sets.
 
No. 43-ranked singles player senior Nina Gajdosikova only lost one game in sweeping Melanie Schumilas 6-0, 6-1, at No. 1 singles. Junior Michelle Dandik Zaale and senior Jenny Johansson did the same thing at No. 3 and No. 4 singles, respectively, also winning 6-0, 6-1. Freshmen Dorota Markowska and Gabriela Rivas took care of business at No. 5 and No. 6 singles, winning with perfection with 6-0, 6-0 sweeps of Jackie McGreal and Ellissa Bio, respectively.
 
The only singles match that went the distance was at No. 2, where junior Lucia Zavarcikova won her first set against Kimberly Takara 6-2 but dropped a close 7-6 decision in the second to go to a tiebreaker. There, she would run out to a 10-4 edge for the victory.
 
Markowska and Rivas' clean sweeps in singles followed their perfect No. 3 doubles victory where they teamed to beat McGreal and Bio 8-0. Gajdosikova and Zavarcikova won 8-1 at No. 1 singles and Dandik paired with Johansson to win 8-3 at No. 2 doubles.
 
The Urban Knights conclude their Hawaii trip at 10 a.m. HST Saturday with a match at No. 6 Hawaii Pacific.