{"id":135758,"date":"2021-02-19T13:41:20","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T23:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=135758"},"modified":"2021-02-19T13:41:20","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T23:41:20","slug":"alfonsin-demichelis-pepsi-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/02\/19\/alfonsin-demichelis-pepsi-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis wins lead to Pepsi Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Carolina Alfonsin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo<\/a> tennis players Carolina Alfonsin<\/strong> and Alessio Demichelis<\/strong> had big opening matches and earned the Pepsi Athletes of the Week award.<\/p>\n

Alfonsin had a smashing debut in a match against nationally ranked No. 5 Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Pacific University (HPU<\/abbr>). With the team score tied at 3-3, Alfonsin traded blows with HPU<\/abbr>‘s Valentina Mokrova, coming from behind to win the third set and the match for UH<\/abbr> Hilo, 6-4.<\/p>\n

Demichelis had a debut weekend to remember as well, winning two matches at the No. 2 singles slot against No. 5 nationally ranked HPU<\/abbr>. In the morning match, Demichelis defeated Matej Panik 6-4, 6-3 and also won at No. 1 doubles with teammate Martin Soukal (who was named the PacWest Player of the Week).<\/p>\n

For more go to the UH<\/abbr> Hilo Athletics website.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Alessio Demichelis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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