OXFORD, Miss. – The University of South Alabama women's tennis team picked up four wins in singles and an additional one in doubles on day one of the ITA Southern Regional hosted by Ole Miss.

DOUBLES
-Sophomores Yu Fujioka and Milka Pasanen advanced to the round of 16 with an 8-3 victory over Ling Gu and Mariia Kozachok of Nicholls State
-Fujioka and Pasanen will take on Isolde de Jong and Alexa Bortles of Ole Miss on Saturday

SINGLES
-Fujioka and senior Alexandria Stiteler both went 1-1 in the A draw
-Fujioka dropped just three games in a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Tanit Lopez of Southern Miss, but fell 6-4, 6-4 to Bortles
-Stiteler defeated Troy's Chunxi Guo 6-2, 7-5 before losing 7-5, 7-0 to Ole Miss' Tereza Janatova
-Pasanen went 2-0 on day one in the B draw, dropping Stella Carra of McNeese State 6-0, 6-1 and Alba Conejero of Jacksonville 6-2, 4-6, 6-2

QUOTE FROM COACH KEYSER
"I thought we competed really hard and had a good day. We probably won the matches we should've won and it would have been nice to sneak out one more win, but it was probably an accurate reflection of where we currently are from a quality-of-play standpoint. We still need to firm up quite a few things before we can take matches off a top-10 team like Ole Miss, but our intent is good and I am excited to see the girls grind from a mental standpoint when things don't go our way. If we stay the current course that we are on, then we will be a tough out as a team when the season rolls around in January."

UP NEXT
Play on Saturday starts at 8 a.m.

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