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Updated at 12:47 p.m., Friday, April 11, 2008

BYUH, HPU women advance to PacWest tennis final

ST. GEORGE, Utah — The top-ranked Brigham Young University-Hawai'i women's tennis team and No. 22 Hawai'i Pacific both won their semifinal matches today to advance to tomorrow's title game of the Hawaiian Airlines Pacific West Conference Championship.

BYUH, seeded first in the tournament, defeated Chaminade, 9-0. BYUH improves to 24-0 and has won its last 84 matches.

Chaminade, having its best season in program history, falls to 9-14. The Silverswords defeated Grand Canyon in yesterday's opening round.

Hawai'i Pacific defeated Hawai'i-Hilo, ranked 17th in Division II, 5-2.

The Sea Warriors improve to 19-5 while the Vulcans fall to 12-12.

BYU-HAWAI'I 9, CHAMINADE 0

Singles

No. 1 Elwen Li (BYUH) def. Tiffany DeVincent 6-0, 6-0

No. 2 Maggie Deng (BYUH) def. Audra Takara 6-1, 7-5

No. 3 Becky Lu (BYUH) def. Joelle Tanaka 6-4, 6-3

No. 4 Jenny Chin (BYUH) def. Steffany Godinet 6-0, 6-0

No. 5 Ayako Ikeda (BYUH) def. Kawehi Leong 6-0, 6-0

No. 6 Shenley Searing (BYUH) def. Kiana Iwado 6-2, 6-0

Doubles

No. 1 Li/Deng (BYUH) def. DeVincent/Tanaka 8-2

No. 2 Lu/Ramona Husaru (BYUH) def. Takara/Godinet 8-2

No. 3 Ikeda/Chin (BYUH) def. Iwado/Leong 8-0

HAWAI'I PACIFIC 5, HAWAI'I-HILO 2

SINGLES

No. 1 Eve Castaing (UHH) def. Ingrid Cseh (HPU) 7-5, 6-2

No. 2 Nina Mihova (HPU) vs. Christie Pagatpatan (UHH) 6-3, 5-4, unfinished

No. 3 Anastasia Ageychik (HPU) vs. Nicole Campbell (UHH) 7-5, 5-4, unfinished

No. 4 Elena Hudzikova (HPU) def. Susan Souksavath (UHH) 6-3, 7-6

No. 5 Tinka Mihova (HPU) def. Ana Carolina Ardila (UHH) 6-0, 6-1

No. 6 Lauren Shin (HPU) def. Justine Abella (UHH) 6-1, 6-2

DOUBLES

No. 1 Eve Castaing/Christie Pagatpatan (UHH) def. Ingrid Cseh/Lauren Shin (HPU) 8-5

No. 2 Anastasia Ageychik/Nina Mihova (HPU) def. Nicole Campbell/Susan Souksavath (UHH) 8-1

No. 3 Elena Hudzikova/Tinka Mihova (HPU) def. Justine Abella/Stephanie Tadaki (UHH) 8-3