MOBILE, Ala. ? The South Alabama women’s tennis team remained undefeated on the spring when the Jags took down North Florida, 5-2, Friday afternoon at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts. 

Despite having automatically gone down a point in the doubles portion of the match with the Ospreys due to having to forfeit the No. 3 spot due to injury, South Alabama came out and crushed the competition in the other two doubles matches to take an early 1-0 match lead.  The Jag duo of Michaela Babicova and Erica Krisan used a dominant performance at the No. 2 position, winning 8-0 over UNF’s team of Maria Melihova and Vanessa Sanchez.  USA’s Sylvanie Spangenberg and Adrianna Solarova then capped off the performance and sealed the point with an 8-1 victory of their own at the No. 1 position over Carolina Melo and Natalia Sanchez.

In singles play, South Alabama kept the momentum, with Babicova, playing at No. 2, picking up a straight set victory (6-1, 6-2) over Durcakova of North Florida to put the Jags up by two.  North Florida’s Vanessa Sanchez cut the deficit to 1 in the match (2-1) when she defeated Krisan in two sets at No. 3, but Solarova and Katie Welch sealed the match victory with wins at the Nos. 1 and 4 spots.  Welch clinched the match when she rallied to pick up a three-set victory.  The Jag freshman dropped the first set 7-5, but bounced back with a 6-3 win in the second and a 6-0 win in the third.

Spangenberg also picked up a straight set win of her own for the Jags at the no. 5 spot.

USA (2-0) will continue its current five-match homestand when they host Georgia State on Sunday at 11 a.m.  North Florida drops to 1-2 on the spring with the loss.

No. 55 University of South Alabama 5, North Florida 2

02/08/08 at Mobile, Ala.

 Singles competition

1. Adrianna Solarova (USAW) def. Natalia Sanchez (UNF) 6-1, 6-3

2. #44 Michaela Babicova (USAW) def. Ina Durcakova (UNF) 6-1, 6-2

3. Vanessa Sanchez (UNF) def. Erica Krisan (USAW) 6-4, 6-1

4. Katie Welch (USAW) def. Maria Melihova (UNF) 5-7, 6-3, 6-0

5. Sylvanie Spangenberg (USAW) def. Carolina Melo (UNF) 6-1, 6-1

6. Victoria Krook (UNF) def. No Player (USAW), by forfeit

 Doubles competition

1. Adrianna Solarova/Sylvanie Spangenberg (USAW) def. Carolina Melo/Natalia Sanchez (UNF) 8-1

2. Michaela Babicova/Erica Krisan (USAW) def. Vanessa Sanchez/Maria Melihova (UNF) 8-0

3. Victoria Krook/Ina Durcakova (UNF) def. No Player/No Player (USAW), by forfeit

Match Notes:

North Florida 1-2

University of South Alabama 2-0; National ranking #55             Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (2,3,1,6,4,5)