FULLERTON, Calif. - The Cal State Fullerton Titans women's tennis team dropped a close 4-3 game to the visiting No. 60 Dartmouth Big Green on Tuesday afternoon at home at the Titan Courts.

The Titans fell to 12-4 overall for the season.  

The Titans were missing their normal No. 2 doubles player and No. 4 singles player in Seha Yu but the rest of the roster did their best to make up for Yu's absence.  In doubles, the No. 3 pairing of Milena Gevorgyan and Madison Schwarz dominated on Court and won 6-0.  The Big Green won on Court 1 setting up a winner take all on Court 2.  The Titans pairing of Martina Markov and Dana Kunza were up 5-4 but couldn't close it out and eventually the game went to a tiebreak at 6-6.  The Titans started the tiebreak up 3-0 but eventually the Big Green doubles pairing of Josephine Lombardi and Elise Wong won the tiebreak 8-6 and took the match and the doubles point 7-6 to give them a 1-0 point heading into singles. 

In singles play, the Big Green went ahead 3-0 after a win by retirement on Court 5 and a straight set win on Court 4.  Amelia Zylberman earned the first point back for the Titans in Court 3.  She won the first set 6-4 and went through a marathon tiebreak in the second set but eventually the won set, 7-6 (12-10).  Dana Kunza came back and won a three set battle 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 on Court 6. The Big Green clinched the match on Court 2 as Michela Moore defeated Emile Lugon-Moulin in three sets 4-6, 6-2, 6-1.  The Titans played out the final match on Court 1 as Martina Markov battled back from being down 6-4, 5-2.  She came back and won four straight games to go ahead 6-5 in the second set before eventually winning the second set tiebreak 11-9.  In the final 10-point tiebreak in set 3, Markov prevailed 10-8 to earn herself an individual win.  

The Titans who are now in the toughest part of their schedule head to Long Beach State on Saturday for their final road game of the season.  First serve is set for 11:00 a.m. at the Rhodes Tennis Center.

DOUBLES
No. 1 Peyton Capuano/Michela Moore def. Chloe Schwarz/Emilie Lugon-Moulin 6-3
No. 2 Josephine Lombardi/Elise Wong def. Dana Kunza/Martina Markov 7-6 (8-6)
No. 3 Madison Schwarz/Milena Gevorgyan def. Lauren Han/Caroline Lemcke 6-0
Order of Finish (3, 1, 2)

SINGLES
No. 1 Martina Markov def. Peyton Capuano 4-6, 7-6 (11-9), 1-0 (10-8)
No. 2 Michela Moore def. Emilie Lugon-Moulin 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
No. 3 Amelia Zylberman def. Lauren Han 6-4, 7-6 (12-10)
No. 4 Sam Grosjean def. Milena Gevorgyan 7-5, 6-2
No. 5 Josephine Lombardi def. Chloe Schwarz 6-3, 3-0 (win by retirement)
No. 6 Dana Kunza def. Caroline Lemcke 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Order of Finish (5, 4, 3, 6, 2, 1)
 

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