SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The No. 6 seeded Cal State Fullerton Titans defeated the No. 3 University of Hawai'i Rainbow Wahine 4-2 on Thursday afternoon at the Barnes Tennis Center.

The Titans moved to 16-8 for the season.  The match was delayed by over two hours after rain delayed the start of the earlier 9 AM match between Long Beach State and Cal Poly. The Titans have advanced to their sixth Big West Semifinal in the past seven seasons (2020 Season was canceled due to Covid-19).  

The Titans took an early 1-0 lead over Hawai'i after securing the doubles point. The Titans had to play from behind after dropping the No. 1 doubles pairing.  However, Milena Gevorgyan and Seha Yu dispatched their No. 3 doubles opponents 6-3 to tie the game.  The No. 2 pairing of Natalie Duffy and Mariia Nikitash won their match 7-5 to give the Titans the doubles point.

In singles play, the University of Hawai'i took an early 2-1 lead over the Titans after winning in No. 3 singles and No. 6 singles.  However, Seha Yu was able to tie the match at 2-2 after winning her No. 4 singles match 6-2, 7-6

No. 1 Josie Usereau came back after dropping the first set and won 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 to give the Titans a 3-2 lead.  Milena Gevorgyan sealed the match for the Titans in a three set battle in No. 5 singles.  She dropped the first set before ultimately winning the match for the Titans 2-6, 6-2, 6-3.

The Titans will take on No. 7 UC Davis in the Big West Championship Semifinals at 12 PM tomorrow.  The Aggies upset the No. 2 seeded CSUN Matadors 4-0 in their quarterfinal match earlier today.  The Titans defeated UC Davis 6-1 on April 6th, the start of the Titans current streak of winning seven of their last eight matches.  On the other side of the bracket, No. 1 UC Santa Barbara takes on No. 5 Cal Poly which is a rematch of last week's regular season finale which saw Cal Poly and UCSB finish in a 3-3 draw after a successful lineup challenge by Cal Poly that negated UCSB's win over the Mustangs and ultimately bumped the Titans from the 5th to 6th seed in the Big West Championship.  

DOUBLES
No. 1 Nikola Homolkova/Ana Vilcek defeated Josie Usereau/Sein Myoung 6-2
No. 2 Natalie Duffy/Mariia Nikitash defeated Nelly Knezkova/Sheena Masuda 7-5
No. 3 Milena Gevorgyan/Seha Yu defeated Hannah Galindo/Anna Kern 6-3
Order of Finish (1, 3, 2)

SINGLES
No. 1 Josie Usereau defeated Nelly Knezkova 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
No. 2 Sein Myoung vs Ana Vilcek 6-4, 1-6, 4-3 (unfinished)
No. 3 Nikola Homolkova defeated Natalie Duffy 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
No. 4 Seha Yu defeated Hannah Galindo 6-2, 7-6
No. 5 Milena Gevorgyan defeated Joelle Lanz 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
No. 6 Sheena Masuda defeated Mariia Nikitash 6-4, 6-2
Order of Finish (3, 6, 4, 1, 5)