DENTON, Texas --- The University of South Alabama breezed into the semifinals of the Sun Belt Women’s Tennis Championships, defeating Arkansas State 4-0 Saturday afternoon at the Goldfield Tennis Center.

The third-seeded Jaguars win their 11th straight match and improve to 14-3 on the season. They will face either FIU or Louisiana-Monroe Sunday morning at 9 a.m.

“It was nice to get that first win and get a few points under our belt and get ready for tomorrow,” said USA head coach Jaco Keyser.

USA’s teams at Nos. 1 and 3 lost a combined five games en route to the doubles point. Seniors Michaela Babicova (Piestany, Slovakia) and Sylvanie Spangenberg (Pretoria, South Africa) won 8-2 at the top flight and sophomore Parija Maloo (Mahrastra, India) and freshman Alina Volman (Lugansk, Ukraine) took No. 3, 8-3.

“We played pretty solid doubles,” said Keyser. “We still don’t feel like we’ve put up a complete doubles point. Hopefully tomorrow all three teams will play well at the same time.”

The Jags’ victories in singles were all in straight sets. Maloo and Volman won 6-1, 6-2 at Nos. 5 and 6, respectively, and sophomore Erica Krisan (Marietta, Ga.) defeated Jenny Herring at No. 1, 6-4, 6-2.

“It was just a solid team effort,” said Keyser.

For more information about South Alabama athletics, check back with www.usajaguars.com.  Season tickets for all Jaguar athletic events can be purchased by calling (251) 461-1USA (1872).

?USA?