The semifinals were completed on Friday of the HHSAA State Tennis Championships at Central Oahu Regional Park. The day’s major upset occurred in the boys singles division where fourth-seeded Kevin Caulfield of Punahou knocked off top-seeded Matthew Westmoreland of Island
The semifinals were completed on Friday of the HHSAA State Tennis Championships at Central Oahu Regional Park.
The day’s major upset occurred in the boys singles division where fourth-seeded Kevin Caulfield of Punahou knocked off top-seeded Matthew Westmoreland of Island Pacific Academy 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.
Caulfield will now take on Jared Spiker of Kalani to decide the boys champion. Spiker, the no. 2 seed, advanced by beating seventh-seeded Josh Wong of Hilo 7-5, 6-0.
Earlier in the day, Westmoreland topped Iolani’s Marco Kobayashi, the eight seed, 6-3, 6-0. Caulfield knocked off the no. 5 seed from Kealakehe, Kaimalu Cope by a score of 7-6 (7), 6-2.
Spiker turned away Pearl City’s Larson Oliva, the no. 6 seed, 6-4, 6-2. Wong had a grueling match against the 10th-seeded Robin Kiyabu of Punahou, from which he escaped with a 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 win.
In the girls singles division, top seed Kristin Lim of Punahou topped Kealakehe’s Sayo Tsukamoto, the third seed, 6-1, 6-2. She will play the second-seeded Jackie Owens of Lahainaluna in the finals. Owens defeated no. 4 seed Mari Tadaki of Hawaii Baptist, 6-2, 6-3 to advance.
To reach the quarters, Lim routed Punahou’s fifth-seeded Sherise Lum, 6-0, 6-0. Tsukamoto also had an easy go of it against Karlene Pang of Hawaii Baptist, winning 6-0, 6-0.
Kaua‘i’s Sarah Kukino, the sixth seed in the girls singles division, had advanced to the quarterfinals but fell to Tadaki, 6-0, 6-3. Owens topped Kapa‘a’s Lyndsey Tom, the no. 7 seed, 6-3, 6-0.
In boys doubles, three of the four remaining teams were from Punahou, but only one survived the day’s action. Top-seeded Erik Pang and Hiroshi Hikida beat fellow teammates Shaun Chow and Paul Okuda, the third seed, 6-3, 7-6 (5).
Their other teammates, fourth-seeded William Chen and Brandon Lee fell to the no. 2 team from Iolani, Kyle Shiroma and Brent Hashiba, 6-4, 6-3.
In girls doubles, Punahou’s top-seeded duo of Ashley Nakaoka and Jennifer Laws survived a tough three-setter against third-seeded Kelly Domingo and Kelsey Daguio of Sacred Hearts, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.
They will face off with Nikki Castel and Bobbi Oshiro, the second seed from Iolani who took down Mililani’s Adrienne Hamada and Kimberly Takara, the no. 4 seed by a 6-4, 6-3 score.
In earlier action, Nakaoka and Laws topped Punahou’s Britney Ragunton and Sarah Steele, 6-2, 6-1. Domingo and Daguio bested eighth-seeded Crystal Makaiwi and Sabryna Yates of Kealakehe, 6-4, 6-0.
Castel and Oshiro beat Honesty Ho’opai and Morissa Kahakui of Kamehameha Schools Kapalama, 6-3, 6-3. Hamada and Takara had a tough match before topping Punahou’s Kaity Yim and Kelsey Ann Yamanaka, 6-3, 7-6 (5).
The Championship matches will take place today at Central Oahu Regional Park, beginning at 8:30 a.m.
