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Tennis Drops Heartbreaker At Cal State Fullerton 4-3
3/9/2019 6:14:00 PM | Women's Tennis
An incredibly tight match tilts the way of the Titans to give Long Beach State their first conference loss.
FULLERTON, Calif. – It went all the way to the wire, but a three-set win at No. 6 for the Titans gave Cal State Fullerton a 4-3 win over Long Beach State on the road in the first conference loss of the season for the Beach.
Long Beach State (8-2, 3-1 Big West) got off to a good start by winning the doubles point. Luxizi Meng and Eira Tobrand defeated Emma Bardet and Zara Lennon 6-3 to give the Titans a victory, but Wiktoria Rutkowska and Dominique Meyer won 6-4 over Sarah Nuno and Karla Portalatin to even doubles. Natalia Munoz and Lalita Devarakonda then took the point with a 6-4 win over Masako Makiba and Caisey Lee Emery.
Cal State Fullerton (6-2, 3-0 Big West) bounced back by taking the first two singles matches. Portalatin was a 6-2, 6-2 winner over Rutkowska in the top flight, while Nuno won 6-4, 6-4 over Bardet.
Lennon evened the match at 2-2 with a 6-4, 7-6 win over Emery, a close match setting the stage for three nailbiters to decide the match.
Genevieve Zeidan won two tiebreakers against Munoz to grab a point, winning 7-6, 7-6 against the LBSU junior, while the final two matches went to a third set to decide the match. Ultimately, Tobrand picked up the key point with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 win over Sadaf Sadeghvaziri, as Devarakonda was a 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 winner against Meng.
Long Beach State will host a pair of non-conference matches next week, hosting Youngstown State at 2 p.m. on Wednesday before playing Houston on Thursday at Noon. Both matches will be held in the Rhodes Tennis Center.
Singles competition
1. Karla Portalatin (CSF) def. Wiktoria Rutkowska (LBSU) 6-2, 6-2
2. Sarah Nuno (CSF) def. Emma Bardet (LBSU) 6-4, 6-4
3. Genevieve Zeidan (CSF) def. Natalia Munoz (LBSU) 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (10-8)
4. Zara Lennon (LBSU) def. Caisey Lee Emery (CSF) 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)
5. Lalita Devarakonda (LBSU) def. Luxizi Meng (CSF) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
6. Eira Tobrand (CSF) def. Sadaf Sadeghvaziri (LBSU) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
Doubles competition
1. Wiktoria Rutkowska/Dominique Meyer (LBSU) def. Sarah Nuno/Karla Portalatin (CSF) 6-4
2. Natalia Munoz/Lalita Devarakonda (LBSU) def. Masako Makiba/Caisey Lee Emery (CSF) 6-4
3. Luxizi Meng/Eira Tobrand (CSF) def. Emma Bardet/Zara Lennon (LBSU) 6-3
Long Beach State (8-2, 3-1 Big West) got off to a good start by winning the doubles point. Luxizi Meng and Eira Tobrand defeated Emma Bardet and Zara Lennon 6-3 to give the Titans a victory, but Wiktoria Rutkowska and Dominique Meyer won 6-4 over Sarah Nuno and Karla Portalatin to even doubles. Natalia Munoz and Lalita Devarakonda then took the point with a 6-4 win over Masako Makiba and Caisey Lee Emery.
Cal State Fullerton (6-2, 3-0 Big West) bounced back by taking the first two singles matches. Portalatin was a 6-2, 6-2 winner over Rutkowska in the top flight, while Nuno won 6-4, 6-4 over Bardet.
Lennon evened the match at 2-2 with a 6-4, 7-6 win over Emery, a close match setting the stage for three nailbiters to decide the match.
Genevieve Zeidan won two tiebreakers against Munoz to grab a point, winning 7-6, 7-6 against the LBSU junior, while the final two matches went to a third set to decide the match. Ultimately, Tobrand picked up the key point with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 win over Sadaf Sadeghvaziri, as Devarakonda was a 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 winner against Meng.
Long Beach State will host a pair of non-conference matches next week, hosting Youngstown State at 2 p.m. on Wednesday before playing Houston on Thursday at Noon. Both matches will be held in the Rhodes Tennis Center.
Singles competition
1. Karla Portalatin (CSF) def. Wiktoria Rutkowska (LBSU) 6-2, 6-2
2. Sarah Nuno (CSF) def. Emma Bardet (LBSU) 6-4, 6-4
3. Genevieve Zeidan (CSF) def. Natalia Munoz (LBSU) 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (10-8)
4. Zara Lennon (LBSU) def. Caisey Lee Emery (CSF) 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)
5. Lalita Devarakonda (LBSU) def. Luxizi Meng (CSF) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
6. Eira Tobrand (CSF) def. Sadaf Sadeghvaziri (LBSU) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
Doubles competition
1. Wiktoria Rutkowska/Dominique Meyer (LBSU) def. Sarah Nuno/Karla Portalatin (CSF) 6-4
2. Natalia Munoz/Lalita Devarakonda (LBSU) def. Masako Makiba/Caisey Lee Emery (CSF) 6-4
3. Luxizi Meng/Eira Tobrand (CSF) def. Emma Bardet/Zara Lennon (LBSU) 6-3
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