Match 16
Nebraska at Cal State Fullerton
Date: Tuesday, March 22
Time: 1:30 PM 
Location: Fullerton, Calif.
Venue: Titan Tennis Courts
Series Record: NEB leads 3-0 (dating back to 2000)

Match 17
CSUN at Cal State Fullerton
Date: Saturday, March 26
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: Fullerton, Calif.
Venue: Titan Tennis Courts
Series Record: CSUN leads 16-1 (dating back to 2000) 

FULLERTON, Calif. – The Cal State Fullerton women's tennis team remains at home this week as the Titans will put their three-match win streak on the line Tuesday, hosting Nebraska, before returning to Big West Conference action with CSUN visiting on Saturday.

CSF IN THE RANKINGS: Team: None| Singles: None | Doubles: None
NEB IN THE RANKINGS: Team: None| Singles: None | Doubles: None
CSUN IN THE RANKINGS: Team: None | Singles: None | Doubles: None

NEWS & NOTES
Fullerton's 13 total wins in 2016 are the most for the program since the 2004 season as the Titans creep toward matching and eclipsing the program's single-season record of 15 victories in 1988.

The Titans remain at the top of the Big West Conference standings, tied with Long Beach State, as the teams have identical 3-0 league records. Fullerton's record for league wins in a single season is five, dating back to the 1990 campaign.

NUMBERS
Fullerton boasts a 63-25 (.716) record in dual singles matches, led by two-time all-Big West Conference First Team selection junior Alexis Valenzuela, who is 11-3 playing at the top of the order. Sophomore Danielle Pham, playing at No. 6 in the lineup, currently leads the Titans on a six-match win streak, and also holds a mark of 10-3.

In addition, freshman Karla Portalatin is 11-4 on the year with a three-match win streak, while junior co-captain Camille De Leon enters the week with a singles record of 11-4. Freshmen Sarah Nuno (10-5) and Masako Makiba (8-6) each hold winning records as well.

On the doubles side, the Titans have won the doubles point in 12-of-15 matches this season, totaling a 28-6 (.824) doubles record in 2016.

Valenzuela and De Leon play at the top of the lineup with a record of 9-1, while the pairing of Nuno and Pham at No. 3 in the order has resulted in a 10-match win streak and 10-2 mark. Makiba and Portalatin are 7-3 on the year mostly playing at No. 2 in the lineup.

OPPONENT NEWS & NOTES
Similar to Cal State Fullerton, Nebraska (14-2) has lost just two matches this season, and the Huskers were briefly ranked at No. 69 in the Oracle/ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings Division I Women's National two weeks ago. Nebraska has played two like opponents of Fullerton this season, defeating Colorado State, 7-0, and Wyoming, 4-3.

CSUN (7-8, 2-1 BWC) enters the week having won three of its last four, including a two-match win streak and a victory over Cal Poly on Sunday. The Matadors have played three like opponents to the Titans this year, defeating Loyola Marymount (4-3), UC Riverside (6-1) and Colorado State (7-0).

DE LEON NAMED ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Junior co-captain Camille De Leon was voted the Big West Conference Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week on Wednesday after leading the Titans to its seventh-straight victory as Fullerton upset Hawai'i, 4-2, on March 3.

De Leon scored victories in singles and doubles action to help the Titans upset No. 56 Hawai'i, 4-2, to improve to 3-0 in Big West play. 

De Leon helped CSF win the doubles point, partnering with Alexis Valenzuela at the No. 1 position to defeat Sarah Gealer and Klara Pribylova, 6-4.  De Leon then put the Titans up 3-1 in the match with her 6-3, 6-1 triumph over Sarah Gealer.

MAKIBA RECEIVES FIRST AWARD
Freshman Masako Makiba was voted the Big West Conference Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week on Feb. 24 after leading the Titans to a 2-0 record with wins over Pacific and UC Davis in the Titans' Big West Conference opener.

The native of Matsumoto City, Nagano, Japan, went undefeated in both singles (2-0) and doubles action (2-0).

It was Makiba's 7-5, 6-4 victory over UCD's Tiffany Pham that scored the fourth and match-deciding point for the Titans against the Aggies as CSF won its league opener for the first time since 1995.

Makiba also outlasted Pacific's Sabrina Rodriguez, 7-6 (4), 6-4, helping fuel a 5-2 victory.  With partner Karla Portalatin, she also won both of her doubles matches.

VALENZUELA EARNS HONORS
Junior Alexis Valenzuela was voted the Big West Conference Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week on Jan. 27 after leading the Titans to a 2-1 record, which included an historic victory over San Diego State.

Valenzuela earned Athlete of the Week honors for the second time in her career following an undefeated performance as she finished 3-0 in singles action at the top of the lineup and 2-0 on the doubles court.

Her 6-4, 6-1 win over Kennedy Davis of San Diego State helped the Titans to a 5-2 team win, marking the first time in 30 meetings that Fullerton defeated the Aztecs. The West Covina, Calif., native teamed with Camille De Leon at No. 1 doubles for a 6-4 win over the Aztec duo of Isabelle Hoorn and Taylor Lederman that ultimately helped CSF secure the doubles point.

FALL 2015
Cal State Fullerton competed in four fall events as junior Alexis Valenzuela (4-2) and sophomore Danielle Pham (6-4) each posted winning records. Freshman Sarah Nuno finished her first collegiate competition at 5-5. The Titans completed singles action at 27-34, and found success on the doubles courts with a 19-15 overall record. Valenzuela teamed with fellow junior Camille De Leon as the pair managed a 5-2 mark.

2015 SEASON RECAP
The Titans finished the 2015 season with an overall record of 10-12 as well as a 2-6 mark in Big West Conference action. For the second straight year at least three Titans earned all-league honors as Alexis Valenzuela, Camille De Leon and Megan Sandford received Big West Conference Women's Tennis honors.

Valenzuela, the Titans No. 1 player for the majority of 2015, was named to the Big West All-Conference First Team for the second consecutive season after completing her sophomore campaign with a dual singles record of 8-6 at the top of the lineup.

De Leon was named Big West Honorable Mention in singles action for the first time in her career. She completed the year with a dual singles record of 12-9 as she finished 2015 with a record of 3-3 at the top of the lineup and a record of 9-6 at No. 2. In addition, De Leon completed Big West dual singles competition at 5-3. In addition, for the second straight year, the La Mirada, Calif., native received Big West Conference Second Team doubles honors as De Leon and senior Megan Sandford earned the accolade. The team of De Leon and Sandford managed an 11-10 dual record at the No. 1 spot as well as a winning record of 5-3 in league play.

UP NEXT: Fullerton will travel to Seattle for its final non-conference match of the year, playing the Redhawks on Wednesday, March 30, before returning to Titan Tennis Courts to host UC Irvine at 11 a.m., Saturday, April 2.