Aloha!

Last week our team headed out of the snow and into paradise. When we left Salt Lake City it was snowing and around 20 degrees... when we landed in Honolulu is was a beautiful 80 degrees. Needless to say we were in heaven! We stayed in Waikiki and enjoyed all that the island has to offer and played some great tennis.

Our first match was against USF, a team in the WCC that we will be playing next year. We played great and took the match 7-0. The other team we played while there was the home team UH. They were a tough team and really tested our girls. The match started with us going down 0-1 by losing the doubles point. We re-grouped and went out in singles ready to fight. It was a tight match with Elle, Liza, and Callie going 3 sets. In the end the Cougars had more "haka" and pulled out the win. We are on the right path and excited to see where our "haka" takes us!

"haka" is the hawaiian word for heart which is our team motto this year!

View from Waikiki beach of our hotel at sunset!

Junior Megan Price showing off her one-handed backhand in practice

Senior Elle Carney practicing her volley

Our #53 nationally ranked doubles team of Megan Price and Callie Craig

Sophomore Andie Young cracking a serve

Seniors Liza Ezhova and Elle Carney

Enjoying some dinner and the sunset on the beach

North shore adventure day... we took the scenic route to pipeline and stopped along the way to take some fun photos

Chinaman's hat

Andie and Desiree enjoying the water

Lunch on the north shore at the hawaiian version of cafe rio

Team at the temple

we convinced a few girls to be buried in the sand :)

made a stop at the Dole Plantation

Liza and Elle enjoying some delicious dole whip! (pineapple ice cream)

Aussies pointing home

Best entertainment of the trip. Elle decided to dance for the street performers in front of everyone... We had a good laugh... check out the video on the bottom

Downtown Waikiki at night

In the market getting our matching "haka" bracelets

Enjoying some Shimazu shaved ice.... Thanks Tom!

(Desiree's smelled like a leaking gas pipe. She was told she could not eat it or throw it away within 100 miles of the store bc of the smell. It is a fruit named Durian, her favorite)