FULLERTON, Calif. - The Hawai'i women's tennis team dropped a heartbreaking 4-3 decision to Cal State Fullerton, Friday afternoon, at the Titan Tennis Courts. The Rainbow Wahine (8-13), who are 0-2 on its current three-day road trip, concludes their regular season at UC Riverside, Saturday.

The Rainbow Wahine fell in a hole early, losing two of the three doubles contests, with the team of Lauren Fitzgerald and Paige Mainor picking up the only win at the No. 2 court over Caroline Freeman and Mai Ly Tran, 8-3. Fitzgerald continued her winning ways in singles competition, capturing her fourth victory of the road trip, a 6-0, 6-4 sweep of Ruya Inapulat at the No. 1 court.

Hawai‘i added two more wins to tie the score at 3-3 after Kimberly Curtis and Renata Camargo each easily won their matches in straight sets. Curtis won her fourth straight with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Freeman at No. 5 and Camargo got back on the winning track with a 6-0, 6-0 shutout of Nicole Arias at No. 6.

The match came down to the No. 3 court where CSUF’s Ioana Sisoe out-dueled Justine Boutet, 6-4, 6-1. The victory gave the Titans their first winning season since the 1994-95 season.


Match Results
Cal State Fullerton def. Hawai‘i, 4-3
Singles
1. Lauren Fitzgerald def. Ruya Inapulat (CSF), 6-0, 6-4
2. Gina Le (CSF) def. Sylvia Jaros, 6-0, 7-6 (1)
3. Ioana Sisoe (CSF) def. Justine Boutet, 6-4, 6-1
4. Mai Ly Tran (CSF) def. Paige Mainor, 7-5, 6-2
5. Kimberly Curtis def. Caroline Freeman (CSF), 6-1, 6-1
6. Renata Camargo def. Nicole Arias (CSF), 6-0, 6-0

Doubles
1. Inapulat/Sisoe (CSF) def. Curtis/Jaros, 8-2
2. Fitzgerald/Mainor def. Freeman/Tran (CSF), 8-3
3. Le/Arias (CSF) def. Boutet/Camargo, 8-5



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