TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of South Alabama women's tennis team racked up nine wins on day one of the Roberta Alison Fall Classic hosted by Alabama.

DOUBLES
-In the Nancy Harris Draw, sophomores Yu Fujioka and Milka Pasanen dropped top-seeded Alex Angyalosy and Tate Schroeder of Clemson 6-1
-In the Jill Breslin Draw, the No. 1 seeded team of senior Alexandria Stiteler and sophomore Nikola Kohoutova downed Ana Tkachenko and Brianna Tulloch of Kentucky 6-3
-Junior Leslie Soto teamed with Matea Mihaljevic of Troy in the Nancy Pate Draw and defeated Samford's Ariana Beltrame and Amanda Kilduff 6-2

SINGLES
-Fujioka, Kohoutova and Soto all advanced to the final of their respective draws, while Stiteler withdrew from singles competition
-Fujioka, the three seed in the Amy Mascotti Draw, defeated Sara Lizariturry of Mississippi State 7-6 (7-5), 6-4, then rallied to get past Natalie Whalen of Indiana 4-6, 7-6 (7-3), (12-10)
-Top-seeded Kohoutova won both of her matches in the Titia Wilmink Draw in straight sets, winning 7-5, 6-0 vs. Katja Fevralev of Western Michigan, and 6-2, 6-3 vs. Air Force's Ash Harvey
-Soto, the No. 1 seed, also took both of her matches in the Pat Morgan Draw in straight sets against Air Force's Alex Kuo (6-4, 6-4) and Kennesaw State's Jessica Cantrell (6-4, 6-1)
-The No. 2 seed in the Lori Smith Draw, Pasanen lost just four games in her opener, a 6-3, 6-1 over Kendall Nash of Kennesaw State, but fell 3-6, 6-2, (10-4) to Air Force's Nadeen Lieberman in the semifinals

QUOTE FROM COACH KEYSER
"Today was a very good day for the girls. A heavy dose of toughness in some tough conditions and some very good execution of the basic fundamentals set ourselves up for some great success. I'm looking forward to see if we can repeat today's great effort tomorrow."

UP NEXT
Play on Saturday starts at 10 a.m.

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