Dianne Matias was named the head women’s tennis coach at Cal State Fullerton on August 15, 2013.

2020-21 was another successful year for the Titans. The Titans made their fourth consecutive Big West semifinals appearance (2020 did not occur due to COVID-19). For the second time in program history, the team was seeded No. 2 in the Big West Championships. The season marked the sixth straight winning season since Dianne joined the Titans. During the 2020-21 regular season, Dianne reached her 100th win as a Titans Head Coach during the first home conference match against UC San Diego. The Titans finished the season 13-6 (6-2 in Big West play). Two Titans received Big West accolades, Miskai Kobayashi and Eira Tobrand: Singles Second Team (Kobayashi), Doubles Second Team (Kobayashi/Tobrand) and Singles Honorable Mention (Tobrand). 

Fall, 2020 will mark her 8th year at the Titan helm.  Matias is coming off a shortened 2019-20 season due to the COVID-19 situation in March 2020.  Before the seaon was cancelled, the Titans were 7-5 overall in dual matches, and 0-1 in Big West competition.  Jadie Acidera, Eira Tobrand and Genevieve Zeidan were top performers for the squad.  Six members of the 2019-20 women's tennis team were named to the Big West Commissioners Honor Roll.

2018-19 was a historical season where the Titans made their third consecutive Big West Tournament semifinals appearance. It was the first time in program history that Fullerton had done so. The Titans finished the season with a 15-6 record (6-2 in Big West play), marking the fourth straight season with 15-plus wins. They secured the No. 2 seed going into the Big West Tournament marking the highest seeding for the Titans in program history.

Her 2018-19 team was led by seniors Sarah Nuno and Karla Portalatin, both of whom were named to the All-Big West Singles First Team as well as the Doubles First Team. Genevieve Zeidan was the other key piece to the Titans' success in 2019 finishing with her second straight All-Big West Singles Second Team selection.

Matias was named the 2016 Big West Coach of the Year. For three years in a row, Matias was able to break records leading the Titans to 17 wins in 2016, 19 wins in 2017, and 20 wins in 2018. Her coaching also allowed the Titans to play their first-ever Big West Championship in 2018.

During the 2017-2018 season, Matias was able to produce a record-breaking season for the third time in a row. With a total of 20 wins this season (20-6), she sets the program-record for the number of wins. She led the program to its first-ever Big West Championship game but came short in the finals against the University of Hawaii.

In 2017-18 she recruited and coached program first-ever Big West Freshman of the Year, Genevieve Zeidan who finished the year with an impressive winning record (30-7), earned a spot on Big West Conference First Team and ended the season ITA Southwest ranked (No. 17). Matias coached Sarah Nuno and Karla Portalatin as they both earned a spot in the Conference First Team in both Singles and Doubles play.

During the 2016-17 season, Matias led the Titans to a school-record of most wins in a single season, 19. The Titans posted an overall mark of 19-4 for a school-record winning percentage of .826. Matias also led The Titans to their longest winning streak in school history, at one point claiming victory in 11 consecutive matches to start the year. The season ended with their first trip to the Big West Championship semifinals for the first time in school history, falling to eventual Big West Champions Hawai'i.

She coached the tandem of De Leon and Valenzuela to a school-record of 16 wins from the No. 1 doubles position and finished the season ranked as the 80th best-doubles tandem in the nation.

In three short years, the Titans have amassed an overall record of 35-33 (.515), while her student-athletes garnered nine Big West Conference end-of-season awards, six Big West Player of the Week accolades and 11 Big West All-Academic honors.

She has coached three-time Big West Singles First Team selection Alexis Valenzuela – the first Titan ever selected to the Big West First Team. In addition in 2016, Valenzuela and doubles partner Camille De Leon became just the second Titan team in program history to receive Big West Conference First Team accolades.

In 2016, without a senior on the roster and with three freshmen routinely in the lineup, the Titans produced the program’s best season in program history. Cal State Fullerton set program records for most wins in a single season (17), most Big West Conference victories (6), and best conference finish (3rd) in Titan history.

In 2016, Cal State Fullerton recorded its first winning season since 2004, and its first winning record in conference play, while the team's overall winning percentage (.739) and league winning percentage (.750) were also program bests.

Fullerton ended the season with an 89-45 (.664) record in singles play and a 37-16 (.698) mark in doubles action, both program records.

Matias, who is the fifth Fullerton women’s tennis head coach since 1984, remained in the Big West Conference after serving as an assistant on UC Irvine’s staff during the 2013 season.

In 2013, the Anteaters notched their first-ever NCAA Tournament victory with a 4-2 win over San Jose State.  The squad finished the year ranked 33rd in the nation, clinched the Big West regular season championship, and also boasted the league player of the year in Kristina Smith.

The Anteaters experienced a 20-match win streak, and UC Irvine’s 23-5 record marked the most wins in program history.

The head coaching opportunity is the second for Matias, who served as Maryland’s head coach for the 2011-12 campaign. She spent the previous two seasons as the Terrapins’ assistant coach.

During her time at Maryland, Matias brought in the 23rd ranked recruiting class according to TennisRecruiting.net. In addition, Maryland’s top singles player reached the round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament, while the doubles pair of Welma Lus and Ana Belzunce also qualified for postseason play.

As an assistant in 2011 at Maryland, the team reached a No. 34 ranking, which was the highest for the program since 1993, while the team advanced to the NCAA Tournament along with one singles player and one doubles team.

Before her three years at Maryland, Matias spent her first year in coaching as an assistant at UC Irvine in 2009.

A 2007 graduate of the University of Southern California, Matias ranked as high as No. 32 nationally in singles and No. 28 in doubles at the collegiate level. She also led the Trojans to a No. 3 ranking nationally at the end of the 2005-2006 season. During her senior year she served as one of the Trojans co-captains.

Before competing at USC, Matias played one season of high school tennis at Carson High School in California after being home-schooled for the three years prior at Futures High in Mission Viejo, Calif. Matias played No. 1 singles and doubles in her senior year and was named to the 2002 Los Angeles Times all-area first team.

At the junior level, Matias enjoyed a prolific career as one of the best players in California and in the nation. Matias was ranked as the No. 1 player nationally in singles at the U16 level in 2000 and 2001. Also in 2000, Matias earned the distinction of the USTA’s Southern California Player of the Year.

Born in Balagtas, Bulacan, Philippines, Matias competed as a member of the 2007 Philippine team at the South East Asian Games and the 2008 Philippine FED CUP team.

In addition, Matias previously worked as a private tennis instructor with the City of Irvine from 2008-09 and once again the past year.

HONOR ROLL
• 2016 Big West Conference Coach of the Year

MATIAS BY THE NUMBERS

PHOTO GALLERIES
Photo Gallery 2021
Photo Gallery 2016-17
Photo Gallery 2013-14

VIDEOS
2021 100th Win
2014 Season Preview
2014 Midseason Update

PRESS
From the OC Register: Sophomore Edges Tennis Opponents with Mental Poise (March 26, 2015)
From the OC Register: CSF tennis team on record-breaking pace (March 31, 2016)