LAFAYETTE, La. – The University of South Alabama women's tennis team extended its win streak to five with a 5-2 victory over Louisiana-Lafayette Saturday morning at Cajun Courts.

With the win, the Jaguars improve to 6-3 on the season, while the Ragin' Cajuns fall to 4-2.

"Good, solid conference win today," USA head coach Jaco Keyser said. "We definitely became a grittier and more mentally tough today in absorbing some good play by Louisiana-Lafayette, who threw everything they had at us. I'm also excited with our depth and being able to plug in different players to contribute."

South Alabama claimed the doubles point at the top two flights, as junior Laura Matuskova (Bratislava, Slovakia) and freshman Alina Zolotareva (Barnaul, Russia) dropped just one game at No. 2, and senior Michaela Meszarosova (Bratislava, Slovakia) and junior Laura Valkova (Piestany, Slovakia) defeated Melissa Burckhartt and Kelly Drew 6-3 at No. 1.

In singles, Matuskova doubled the Jags' lead with a 6-0, 6-2 win on the No. 5 court, but Burkhartt cut it in half after a 6-4, 6-3 win at No. 4 over Zolotareva.

USA put the match away at Nos. 3 and 6. Meszarosova downed Abby Johnson 6-2, 6-4 at No. 3, and senior Cinta Maria Papke (Flein, Germany) followed with a three-set win over Alexandra Way, 6-0, 3-6, 6-4.

Drew accounted for the Cajuns' second point of the day at the top flight, rallying to defeat Valkova 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Junior Monica Mitta (Fairhope, Ala.) finished things off on the No. 2 court, defeating Elena Sava 6-4, 3-6, 6-0.

Sunday the Jaguars face their fourth top-65 team of the year, taking on No. 13 LSU.

"I'm looking forward to see tomorrow if we have made progress since the last time we played a top 15 team in the nation," Keyser said."

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