MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama women's tennis team took the doubles point en route to a 4-1 win over Coastal Carolina Saturday at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts.
This marks the ninth straight win for the Jaguars, as they improve to 17-4, while the Chanticleers fall to 14-5.
"It was a good weekend," said USA head coach
Jaco Keyser. "We got two wins over two good teams, which is going to help us with the seeding in the conference tournament, and it's just good to play these teams to know what to expect a couple weeks from now."
In doubles, sophomore
Alexandria Stiteler (Bradenton, Fla.) and senior
Monica Mitta (Fairhope, Ala.) swept
Romane Delay and
Alexa Tiefel 6-0 on court No. 2. Senior
Laura Valkova (Piestany, Slovakia) and sophomore
Patricia Martins (Lisbon, Portugal) secured the doubles point for the Jags with a 6-3 win over
Marie Babayan and
Sara Bondar at No. 1.
"Today was business as usual," Keyser said. "We did the right stuff and executed pretty well, and when we do that, we have good doubles."
Sophomore
Alina Zolotareva (Barnaul, Russia) began singles by defeating
Maria Khomchenko 6-1, 6-3 on court No. 6 to put USA up 2-0. Senior
Laura Matuskova (Bratislava, Slovakia) fell to Bondar 6-2, 6-0 at No. 4, but Stiteler fought back with a 6-2, 7-5 victory against
Rylie Cox on court No. 1. Valkova clinched the win for the Jags by besting
Natalie Wall 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 at No. 3.
"Our girls dug in, they stayed mentally tough, and they closed the matches out," said Keyser.
The Jaguars return to the court Friday at 2 p.m. to play Middle Tennessee at home.
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