RESULTS

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The University of South Alabama women's tennis team swept all six singles matches en route to a 7-0 victory against Samford Saturday afternoon at the Samford Tennis Complex.

The Jaguars win their fourth match in a row to go to 4-1 on the year. The Bulldogs have their four-match win streak snapped and drop to 4-2.

"We definitely showed some glimpses today of playing the quality of tennis that we are capable off," USA head coach Jaco Keyser said. "More importantly we continued to grind mentally and competed the right way when things got testy within sets or when the quality of play dropped.

"The hard part is to reset tonight and repeat today's impressive collective team effort. If we can do that then we will be a pretty tough out by April and May."

South Alabama clinched the match with wins at the top four singles spots. Senior Laura Matuskova (Bratislava, Slovakia) defeated Nadine de Villiers 6-0, 6-3 on court 4, and senior Laura Valkova (Piestany, Slovakia) dropped Elsa Pool 6-2, 6-2 at No. 2.

Sophomore Alexandria Stiteler (Bradenton, Fla.) wrapped up the victory on court 1, downing Savannah Wood 6-0, 6-3.

On court 2, senior Monica Mitta (Fairhope, Ala.) won 6-3, 6-4 over Ellie Gerlach, and sophomore Patricia Martins (Lisbon, Portugal) picked up a 6-3, 7-5 victory against Arianna Beltrame at No. 5.

Sophomore Alina Zolotareva (Barnaul, Russia) needed three sets to get past Annika Hepp at No. 6, 7-5, 3-6, (10-7).

South Alabama didn't drop a game in earning the doubles point, winning on courts 1 and 3. Martins and Valkova got past Hepp and Gerlach at No. 1, and Mitta and Matuskova defeated Pool and Grace Jennings at No. 3.

The Jags return to the courts tomorrow with a noon match at UAB.

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