FULLERTON, Calif. – Cal State Fullerton women's tennis plays host to Azusa Pacific University, on Thursday.
First serve against the Cougars is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. PT. The match against the Cougars will begin a two-week homestand for the Titans.
OPPONENTS AND HISTORY
March 1 | 1:30 p.m. PT | Titan Tennis Courts | Fullerton, Calif.
Fullerton takes on Azusa who are an impressive 6-1 for the season. The Cougars are currently riding a six-match win streak. After losing 4-5 to Claremount-Mudd-Scripps in their season opener, the Cougars have bounced back and remained undefeated.
Last year when Azusa came to Fullerton, the Titans swept the Cougars 4-0. This season, the Titans have kept three opponents scoreless.
SETTING A STREAK
After a successful road trip to Northern California, Fullerton finished the past weekend undefeated. The Titans now ride a two-match win streak.
Before losing to LMU (2/17), the Titans were on a five-match win streak. Cal State Fullerton sits at the top of the leaderboard in the Big West Conference with an overall record of 6-2 (2-0). At home, the Titans are 4-0.
CONFERENCE COMPETITION
Fullerton opened conference play with a dominant 6-1 win over UC Riverside on Feb. 3. The Titans capitalized and swept the doubles matches to earn the point to put the Titans in the lead and then proceeded to take five of the six singles matches. The Titans continued their conference hot streak with a 4-0 win over CSUN on Feb. 16.
SISTER ACT
The Titans' season opener (1/18) marked the beginning of a new era for the Valenzuela sisters. Alexis Valenzuela returned to the courts as the new volunteer coach, while sister, Taylor, embarked on her first match as a Titan.
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
Cal State Fullerton welcomed five incoming freshmen for the 2017-18 campaign, Caisey Lee Emery, Jadie Acidera, Tiani Jadulang, Taylor Valenzuela and Genevieve Zeidan. The group was ranked the ninth-best incoming class among mid-majors according to TennisRecruiting.net.
IN THE RANKINGS
Freshman Genevieve Zeidan continues to lead the charge for the Titans, she is currently a stellar 19-2 overall in singles play and 9-1 in dual match play. She is currently riding a phenomenal six-match win streak. Zeidan enters this week ranked No. 103 in ITA Singles Poll.
FULLERTON'S DYNAMIC DUO
Sarah Nuno and Karla Portalatin are starting to come on strong for the Titans. The tandem is currently 16-3 overall in doubles play and 7-2 on court one in dual match action.
ABOUT DIANNE MATIAS
Matias enters her fifth year with the Titan Tennis program. She owns an overall coaching record of 69-54 and 62-39 mark while with Fullerton. She was named the Big West Conference Coach of the Year in 2016.
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