FULLERTON, Calif. - The Cal State Fullerton Titans women's tennis team began Big West play in style after sweeping UC San Diego 7-0 on Sunday at the Titan Courts.
The Titans won the doubles point to take a 1-0 lead heading into singles play. Â The No. 3 pairing of
Kaytlin Taylor and
Seha Yu won their match 6-3 and the No. 2 pairing of
Mariia Nikitash and
Diana Yanotovskaya won their match 6-4 to secure the doubles point.
Kaytlin Taylor won her No. 6 singles set 6-1, 6-1 and
Mariia Nikitash won her No. 4 singles set 6-3, 6-2 to put the Titans on the brink. Â
Diana Yanotovskaya rebounded from dropping the second set and quickly made work of her opponent in the third set to secure the match in No. 3 singles and won 6-1, 3-6, 6-0.Â
Milena Gevorgyan won her No. 5 singles in three sets, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.Â
Sein Myoung took three sets to win her No. 1 singles set. Â She led 6-3, 4-3 in the second set before getting cramps and needing a medical timeout. Â She dropped the second 7-5 but came back and won the third set 10-6 to get the win and make it 6-0 for the Titans. Â
Seha Yu rebounded from losing the first set in a tie break to winnign the next two sets and won her match 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-4.
The Titans will head on the road next weekend to take on Santa Clara and San Jose State on Saturday and Sunday.Â
DOUBLES
No. 1
Sein Myoung/
Milena Gevorgyan vs Julia Haynes/Naomi Nguyen 4-4 (unfinished)
No. 2
Mariia Nikitash/
Diana Yanotovskaya def. Kelly Leung/Adriana Tabares 6-4
No. 3
Seha Yu/
Kaytlin Taylor def. Grace Gamal/Katelyn Vu 6-3
Order of Finish (3, 2)
SINGLES
No. 1
Sein Myoung def. Julia Haynes 6-3, 5-7, 10-6
No. 2
Seha Yu def. Kelly Leung 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-4
No. 3
Diana Yanotovskaya def. Allison Lian 6-1, 3-6, 6-0
No. 4
Mariia Nikitash def. Grace Gamal 6-3, 6-2Â
No. 5
Milena Gevorgyan def. Adriana Tabares 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
No. 6
Kaytlin Taylor def. Katelyn Vu 6-1, 6-1
Order of Finish (6, 4, 3, 5, 1, 2)
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