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)