Results
BATON ROUGE, La. – The University of South Alabama women's tennis team extended their win streak to six matches after defeating No. 13 LSU Sunday at the LSU Tennis Complex.
With the victory, the Jaguars improve to 7-3, while the Tigers fell to 8-3. The last time USA defeated a top 15 team was No. 11 Harvard in 2005, and the last time USA won over a top 15 team on the road was in 2001 against No. 11 Pepperdine.
"It was a great win for the program," said USA head coach
Jaco Keyser. "We definitely showed today what kind of team we would could be. Hopefully we enjoy this feeling, and it motivates us to work even harder and be excited to get back on the practice courts."
In the doubles portion,
Alexandria Stiteler (Bradenton, Fla.) and
Monica Mitta (Fairhope, Ala.) beat
Jessica Golovin and
Skylar Holloway 6-2 at No. 3, but LSU tied it up when No. 23
Ryann Foster and
Joana Vale Costa defeated
Laura Valkova (Piestany, Slovakia) and
Michaela Meszarosova (Bratislava, Slovakia) 6-4 at No. 1.
Alina Zolotareva (Barnaul, Russia) and
Laura Matuskova (Bratislava, Slovakia) secured the doubles point by winning 6-4 over
Abigail Owens and
Skylar Kuykendall at No. 2.
To start singles, Stiteler bested No. 40 Golovin 6-3, 6-3 at No. 2, and Matuskova won 6-2, 6-1 over
Ella Taylor at No. 6 to give the Jaguars a 3-0 lead.
At No. 4 Foster dropped Zolotareva 6-3, 6-2, and No. 25 Vale Costa beat Valkova 6-4, 7-5 at No. 1 to tighten the score to 3-2.
Meszarosova clinched the victory after coming back 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 against Owens at No. 5.
At No. 3, Kuykendall defeated Mitta 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5) to end the match.
"We need wins like this to validate practice and our belief system, but bottom line, I am proud of the level we competed at today and what we represented as a team," Keyser said.
The Jaguars return home to take on Southeastern Lousiana Saturday afternoon.
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