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Women's Tennis

Women's Tennis Drops Match at Cal State Fullerton

FULLERTON, Calif.—The University of Hawai'i women's tennis team (3-5, 2-1 Big West) fell at Cal State Fullerton, 6-1 on Tuesday at the Titan Courts. The Titans avenged their loss in last year's Big West championship match in which UH edged out Fullerton, 4-3.
 
Hawai'i's No. 1 Petra Melounova kept her streak rolling with a straight-set win over CSUF's Karla Portalatin, 6-2, 7-5. After Melounova's upset win over USC's 34th-ranked Salma Ewing on Sunday, Melounova entered the ITA rankings for the first time this season at #119. It marked Petra's fifth-straight dual match win and her sixth win overall.

The Titans won the doubles point with wins on courts No. 1 and 2 for the early lead. After capturing the win on the No. 2 court, UH's No. 1 duo of Melounova and Nikola Dolakova came up just short by a break to Sarah Nuno and Portalatin, 6-4 just as the 'Bows No. 3 team of Roxanne Resma and Alzbeta Houbova were leading, 5-3.

Melounova evened the score at 1-1 with her win on the No. 1 court. But from there, the Titans rolled to the victory winning in straight sets in all but one match. CSUF clinched the match on the No. 6 court. UH's No. 5 Michelle Pits battle back after dropping the first set to force a third set super-tiebreaker, but fell to Caisey Lee Emery, 6-1, 5-7, 10-2.

Hawai'i returns home and will have a little over a week off until they take on Indiana on March 14, 2019 at 3:00 p.m.
 
Cal State Fullerton 6, Hawai'i 1
Titan Tennis Courts - Fullerton, Calif.
Tuesday, March 6, 2019

SINGLES RESULTS (Order of Finish: 1,2,5,6*,3,4 *Clinching point)
1. #119 Petra Melounova (UH) def. Karla Portalatin (CSUF) 6-2,7-5
2. Sarah Nuno (CSUF) def. Mayaan Sela (UH) 6-2,6-3
3. Genevieve Zeidan (CSUF) def. Nikola Dolakova (UH) 7-6(4),6-4
4. Caisey Lee Emery (CSUF) def. Michelle Pits (UH) 6-1,5-7,10-2
5. Luxizi Meng (CSUF) def. Roxanne Resma (UH) 6-4,6-2
6. Eira Tobrand (CSUF) def. Alzbeta Houbova (UH) 6-3,6-1
 
DOUBLES RESULTS (Order of Finish: 2,1)
1. Nuno/Portalatin (CSUF) def. Melounova/Dolakova (UH) 6-4
2. Makiba/Emery (CSUF) def. Sela/Pits (UH) 6-1
3. Tobrand/Meng (CSUF) vs. Resma/Houbova  (UH) 3-5 (unfinished)

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Players Mentioned

Nikola Dolakova

Nikola Dolakova

5' 6"
Junior
Alzbeta Houbova

Alzbeta Houbova

5' 8"
Junior
Petra Melounova

Petra Melounova

5' 6"
Junior
Michelle Pits

Michelle Pits

5' 9"
Junior
Roxanne Resma

Roxanne Resma

5' 1"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Nikola Dolakova

Nikola Dolakova

5' 6"
Junior
Alzbeta Houbova

Alzbeta Houbova

5' 8"
Junior
Petra Melounova

Petra Melounova

5' 6"
Junior
Michelle Pits

Michelle Pits

5' 9"
Junior
Roxanne Resma

Roxanne Resma

5' 1"
Senior