FULLERTON, Calif. ? The 23rd-ranked UC San Diego women's tennis team dropped a 6-1 decision to Division I Cal State Fullerton on Thursday afternoon at the Titan Tennis Courts on the CSUF campus. With the loss the Tritons fall to 12-8 on the season while the Titans improve to 6-15.

Cal State Fullerton took an early 1-0 lead after claiming the doubles point by winning all three matches.

In singles play, UCSD was able to win one of five matches as Allison Legakis posted a 6-2, 6-3 win at the No. 4 spot on the ladder over Shaghig Injejikian. CSUF won four of the other five matches in straight sets as freshman Yekaterina Milvidskaia took Jerusha Cruz to a third set super-tiebreaker before falling by a 10-6 score.

Head coach Liz LaPlante guides her team back into action on Saturday, playing their final regular season match of the season. The Tritons will travel for a 2 p.m. match at Cal State L.A.

UCSD, who has already locked up its fourth-straight CCAA title, puts its 39-match conference win streak on the line against the Golden Eagles. CSULA will finish the 2007 league slate in second place behind the Tritons.

Cal State Fullerton 6, UC San Diego 1

Singles:

1.    Gina Le (CSF) def. Marsha Malinow (UCSD) 6-2, 6-1

2.    Mai-ly Tran (CSF) def. Ina Dan (UCSD) 6-2, 6-3

3.    Katrina Domela (CSF) def. Justine Ang Fonte (UCSD) 6-3, 6-2

4.    Allison Legakis (UCSD) def. Shaghig Injejikian (CSF) 6-2, 6-3

5.    Cheyenne Inglis (CSF) def. Christy Knudsen (UCSD) 6-0, 6-1

6.    Jerusha Cruz (CSF) def. Yekaterina Milvidskaia (UCSD) 6-4, 3-6, 10-6

Doubles:

1.    Le/Tran (CSF) def. Malinow/Dan (UCSD) 8-2

2.    Injejikian/Inglis (CSF) def. Fonte/Knudsen (UCSD) 8-4

3.    Domela/Cruz (CSF) def. Legakis/Milvidskaia (UCSD) 8-3