MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama women's tennis team won their fifth consecutive match in a 6-1 victory against Lipscomb Wednesday at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts.
 
DOUBLES
-On court No. 3, an injury forced Lipscomb's Thabile Tshatedi and Katernya Kandyba to retire against freshmen Nikola Kohoutova (Kralupy Nad Vltavou) and Maxine Palmen (Sittard, Netherlands).
-Junior Alina Zolotareva (Barnaul, Russia) and freshman Yu Fujioka (Funabashi, Japan) clinched the doubles point with a 7-5 victory over Madeleine Brooks and Katernya Popova at No. 2.
 
SINGLES
-Due to the injury in doubles, Lipscomb forfeited a point in singles on court 6.
-At No. 3, Fujioka downed Brooks 6-1, 6-2 to put the Jags up 3-0.
-Kohoutova secured the victory for South Alabama by defeating Tshatedi 6-2, 6-2 on court 5.
-Palmen picked up a 6-4, 6-1 win over Densie Buberl at No. 4, and junior Alexandria Stiteler (Bradenton, Fla.) dropped Viktoriya Dzyuba 6-3, 3-6, (12-10) at No. 1.
-Freshman Milka Pasanen (Pieksamaki, Finland) fell to Popova 6-3, 6-4 on court 2.
 
NOTES
-The victory is the fifth straight for the Jaguars as they improve to 10-1 on the season.
-Fujioka won her tenth straight singles match, continuing her undefeated spring season.
-Stiteler came into the match ranked No. 114 by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association and improved to 7-1 in singles for the spring.
-Coming up, the Jags face off against Louisiana Tech Saturday at 11 a.m. at home.
-South Alabama holds an 11-0 series record against Louisiana Tech, and the Jags defeated Louisiana Tech 6-1 in 2016.
 
QUOTES FROM HEAD COACH KEYSER
"We started off really slow. We competed really well at the end of doubles, and in singles, we played really good matches and competed well on a lot of the courts. We like the big practice blocks, but it's nice to get some competitive matches. It's extremely valuable, so hopefully we can get some matches in this weekend. We are getting better, especially today. There was a lot more structure. We had four freshmen out there today, and they looked like they knew what they were doing. They're coming along at a nice pace."
 
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