Titans Drop Third Straight with 4-3 Loss
to UCR Apr. 8, 2004 – Riverside, Calif.
The Cal State Fullerton women's tennis lost it's third
straight match, falling in a nail-biter to conference rival UC Riverside,
4-3, at the Student Recreation Tennis Courts on Thursday.
The Titans fell to 11-9 overall, 1-5 in the Big West. Two of their last
three losses have been by a single point.
The match came down to No. 6 singles. Catrisha Cabanilla won the first
set, 6-4, and was leading in the second set when she was stung in the
middle of the back by a bee. After a brief timeout for the athletic trainer
to look at her, she came back to play and posted a 7-5 win over Caroline
Freeman to give the match to the Highlanders.
UCR won the doubles point, taking the No. 1 and No. 2 matches.
Casey Cross and Kim Tran posted an 8-4 win over Ruya Inalpulat and Ioana
Sisoe at No. 1 , and Michelle Beyronneau and Carolyn Mitchell took No.
2, 8-6. The Highlanders were edged in No. 3 doubles, 9-8, as Kelley Takeshita
and Cabanilla fell to Gina Le and Carolyn Freeman.
In singles play, Beyronneau dispatched Inapulat at No. 1, 6-2, 6-2, and
Cross defeated Le, 6-3, 6-2. For Cross, the win was her 10th straight
victory in singles dual matches. Fullerton won 3 and 4 with Ioana Sisoe
and Carla Rocha claiming victories, then took No. 5 as Mai-Ly Tran posted
a come-from-behind 2-6, 6-0, 6-2 win over Carolyn Mitchell, setting up
the final battle at No. 6 between Cabanilla and Freeman.
Fullerton closes out the 2004 regular season with a pair of matches next
week. The Titans face UC Irvine on April 14 at 2 p.m. and Hawaii on April
16 at 1:30 p.m. Both matches will be played at the Titan Tennis Courts.
NCAA WOMEN'S TENNIS
Cal State Fullerton (3) at UC Riverside (4)
DOUBLES (Must win two out of three matches for
one point)
