FULLERTON, Calif. - The Cal State Fullerton Titans women's tennis team were defeated by the University of Hawaii Rainbow Wahine 4-3 on Tuesday afternoon at the Titan Courts in a marathon match that lasted over four hours.

After both their matches rained out last week, the Titans finally made their return to action on Tuesday.  The Titans fell to 5-5 overall and 1-1 in conference play for the season.  

The Titans played from behind after dropping the doubles point.  They were quickly defeated in No. 2 Doubles 6-1 but won in No. 3 doubles 7-5.  It came down to the No. 1 doubles point where the Rainbow Wahine won 7-6 in the tiebreak over the Titans to take a 1-0 lead in the match.

In singles, the Titans won No. 1 and No. 2 singles to take a lead over the Rainbow Wahine. No. 2 Seha Yu won in straight sets 6-2, 6-1 and No. 1 Sein Myoung won in straight sets 6-3, 6-4.  Nikola Homolkova defeated Diana Yanotovskaya 7-6, 6-2 in No. 3 singles to make it a 2-2 game.  Joelle Lanz defeated Katytlin Taylor in No. 6 singles to give the Rainbow Wahine a 3-2 lead.  Makeliah Nepomuceno won in No. 5 singles  6-3, 5-7, 6-4 to secure the match point for the Rainbow Wahine. They had to play out No. 3 singles where Mariia Nikitash eventually won the match 6-4, 6-7 (3-6), 6-4 to give the Titans a late consolation point.  

DOUBLES
No. 1 Peppi Ramstedt/Sheena Masuda def. Sein Myoung/Milena Gevorgyan 7-6 (7-5)
No. 2 Ana Vilcek/Nikola Homolkova def. Mariia NIkitash/Diana Yanotovskaya 6-1
No. 3 Seha Yu/Kaytlin Taylor def. Johannah Magenta Galindo/Makeilah Nepomuceno 7-5
Order of Finish (2, 3, 1)

SINGLES
No. 1 Sein Myoung def. Ana Vilcek 6-3, 6-4
No. 2 Seha Yu def. Peppi Ramstedt 6-2, 6-1
No. 3 Nikola Homolkova def. Diana Yanotovskaya 7-6 (7-5), 6-2
No. 4 Mariia Nikitash def. Emma Katarina Forgac 6-4, 6-7 (3-6), 6-4
No. 5 Makeilah Nepomuceno def. Milena Gevorgyan 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
No. 6 Joelle Lanz def. Kaytlin Taylor 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
Order of Finish (2, 1, 3, 6, 5, 4)

The Titans will be back in action tomorrow for game two of their five game homestand where they will take on Drake University. The Beach defeated Drake 4-0 earlier this afternoon. First serve is set for 1:30 p.m.

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