DENVER – Cameron's historic NCAA National Tournament run came to a halt on Thursday at the hands of No. 7 Hawai'i Pacific 5-1 at the Gates Tennis Center.

The No. 15 Aggies were entering uncharted territory after beating California (Pa.) 5-2 in the tournament's opening round for the first time on their sixth try.  Thursday's quarterfinal meeting was a rematch from earlier in the season where the two programs met in Denver with Hawai'I Pacific winning 7-2 over the Aggies.

Cameron fell behind quickly in doubles play to the Sharks with Paula Gutierrez and Angie Torres coming off the court first with an 8-1 loss on court two.  The Aggies' top duo on court one, Alina Gorina and Zhenia Shviadok who are ranked No. 15 nationally went up 2-1 on HPU's No. 4 ranked pairing but they would drop the next seven games.   Mathilde Thibaudat and Samantha Wood took a pair of late games on court three but they would lose 8-3 to allow Hawai'i Pacific to go up 3-0 on the Aggies.

Wood won by retirement early in singles to give CU their first point but the Sharks would take court-three 6-4, 6-2 with Shviadok falling, and Torres lost on court-four 6-2, 6-3 minutes later for the overall match win.

On the other courts, Gutierrez was battling back in set two but trailed 6-0, 4-5 on the first court.  Gorina was near the end of her match on court two trailing 6-2 and 5-2.  Thibaudat won her first set 7-6 and was behind 1-0 when the match was suspended.

"We just simply ran out of gas," said head coach James Helvey.  "No excuses, Hawai'I Pacific has a really outstanding team but yesterday's match took a lot out of us.  When I found out we were playing at 8 a.m. this morning after long match we just played yesterday, I knew this was going to be tough for us."
 
"It just took us too long to get going today but I have to give credit to our team they battled until the end today."

With the win Hawaii Pacific will move to 18-5 overall and advance to the Final Four.

Cameron will see their season end with a 23-4 record with two departing seniors, Angie Torres and Alina Gorina.

"Overall I'm just proud of the ladies on this squad, they were a tough group, and found ways to win matches this season," added Helvey.

Singles competition
1. #14 Kristyna Hancarova (HPU-WTN) vs. #18 Paula Gutierrez (CUW) 6-0, 5-4, unfinished
2. #17 Nicole Hoynaski (HPU-WTN) vs. Alina Gorina (CUW) 6-2, 5-2, unfinished
3. #32 Syna Kayser (HPU-WTN) def. Zhenia Shviadok (CUW) 6-4, 6-2
4. Oceane Adam (HPU-WTN) def. Angie Torres (CUW) 6-2, 6-3
5. Samantha Wood (CUW) def. Lorena Gheorghe (HPU-WTN) 2-1, retired
6. Julia Sauer (HPU-WTN) vs. Mathilde Thibaudat (CUW) 6-7 (5-7), 1-0, unfinished
 
Doubles competition
1. #4 Kristyna Hancarova/Nicole Hoynaski (HPU-WTN) def. #15 Alina Gorina/Zhenia Shviadok (CUW) 8-2 2. #20 Lorena Gheorghe/Syna Kayser (HPU-WTN) def. Paula Gutierrez/Angie Torres (CUW) 8-1
3. Oceane Adam/Julia Sauer (HPU-WTN) def. Mathilde Thibaudat/Samantha Wood (CUW) 8-3