Results

WICHITA, Kan. - The University of South Alabama women's tennis team fell to Wichita State, ranked No. 35 by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, 4-0 Friday at the Wichita Country Club.

The Jags dropped to 8-3, while the Shockers improved to 5-4.

"It was a tough day against a good Wichita State team," said USA head coach Jaco Keyser. "Sometimes these matches can snowball on a team when playing indoors, and that's what happened today."

In doubles, Fatima Bizhukova and Gabriela Porubin defeated sophomore Patricia Martins (Lisbon, Portugal) and senior Laura Valkova (Piestany, Slovakia) 6-0 at No. 1. Ting-Ya Hsu and Tanaporn Thongsing clinched the doubles point for WSU by dropping senior Laura Matuskova (Bratislava, Slovakia) and sophomore Alina Zolotareva (Barnaul, Russia) 6-3 on court No. 3.

"I thought we competed and fought extremely hard, but today was definitely not our day," Keyser said.

Bizhukova opened singles with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Matuskova at No. 4, and Giulia Guidetti followed up with a 6-2, 6-2 win against sophomore Alexandria Stiteler (Bradenton, Fla.) on court No. 1. Porubin secured the victory for Wichita State by defeating senior Monica Mitta (Fairhope, Ala.) 6-4, 6-2 at No. 2.

"The big challenge will be to turn the page on this one quickly and get ready for a great opportunity to get better tomorrow," said Keyser.

The Jaguars return to action Saturday at noon to face Oklahoma.

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