AUBURN, Ala. – University of South Alabama juniors Alexandria Stiteler and Alina Zolotareva made it to the consolation semifinals in doubles Saturday at the Oracle/ITA Southern Regional Championships at the Yarbrough Tennis Center.
 
SINGLES
-In consolation play, Maxine Palmen bested Charoline Erlandsson of McNeese State 6-4, 6-7, (10-8) before dropping a 7-6 (9-7), 6-3 decision to Rikeetha Pereira from Southern Miss in the quarterfinals.
 
DOUBLES
-Stiteler and Zolotareva dropped Louisiana Tech's Nadja Manjon and Angela Lorenzo 8-3 in the round of 16 of the consolation bracket. The duo advanced through the quarterfinals due to an injury of Ole Miss' Anna Vrbenska and Tea Jandric.
-Palmen and junior Patricia Martins fell to Louisiana-Lafayette's Dana Radovanovic and Floriane Picaut 8-3 in the consolation bracket's round of 16.
 
NOTES
-Stiteler and Zolotareva will square off with Karolina Snita and Stefana Andrei of ULM in the doubles consolation semifinals Sunday at 8 a.m.
-Palmen is now 5-3 in singles this fall.
 
QUOTES FROM COACH KEYSER
"These were definitely not the results we had in mind for this weekend, and maybe we are going through some growing pains this preseason. Maybe we are taking a step back before we take two steps forward. You learn a lot about individual or a team's character when they struggle and lose. It's safe to say I like what I saw this weekend. We have some great character individuals on this team based on how they coped with this weekend. The bottom line is that we are in the preseason and figuring things out and the reality is that we need to improve, but I feel at ease that if we stay the course from a mental side like we did this weekend, then it's just a matter of time before the good tennis will follow."
 
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