The Sacramento State women’s tennis team beat the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine 4-2, Tuesday, indoors at the Spare Time Tennis Center.

With the win the Hornets are now 6-3. The Rainbow Wahine became 1-6 on the season with the loss. Against teams ranked within the top 20, Sac State is 0-3 and when facing all other opponents ranked higher No.20, the Hornets are undefeated, 6-0.

Sac State took the first three matches of singles play. Sophomore Clarisse Baca, started the winning trend, defeating Hawaii’s Natasha Zorec 6-1, 7-6. Hornet Aileen Tsan defeated Natasha Zorec 6-2 , 6-3 to increase the lead to 2-0 at that point. Rebeca Delgado went on and made it three straight wins, defeating Hawaii’s Katarina Poljakova in two sets 6-1, 7-6.

Aglae Van Den Bergh of Hawaii, kept the Rainbow Wahine in the match defeating Hornet freshman Zalina Nazarova, 6-1, 6-4. Senior Katrina Zheltova, however, sealed the win for Sac State with the victory over Barbara Pinterova in three sets, 1-6, 6-4, and 6-3. Rainbow Wahine Sophie Kobuch closed out the day with a win over Tatsiana Kapshai 7-6, 3-6, 7-5.

Sac State heads out on a road trip to Southern California over the weekend. The Hornets face No. 56 UC Irvine on Friday, No.65 San Diego State on Saturday and No. 60 San Diego on Sunday.

Sergio Saldana can be reached at [email protected]