Results

NEW ORLEANS – After dropping the doubles point, the University of South Alabama women's tennis team bounced back with four straight singles victories to defeat New Orleans 4-3 Friday at the University Tennis Center.
 
DOUBLES
-Freshman Yu Fujioka (Funabashi, Japan) and junior Alina Zolotareva (Barnaul, Russia) downed Brittany Johnson and Yurina Asai 6-2 on court 2.
-Junior Patricia Martins (Lisbon, Portugal) and freshman Maxine Palmen (Sittard, Netherlands) lost their first doubles match of the season to Trang Dao and Anja Luethi 6-2 at No. 1.
-UNO clinched the doubles point with a 6-4 win from Mar Gendra and Lea Alguacil over junior Alexandria Stiteler (Bradenton, Fla.) and freshman Nikola Kohoutova (Kralupy nad Vltavou, Czech Republic) on court 3.
 
SINGLES
-The Jaguars tied the score when Fujioka defeated Asai 6-0, 6-3 at No. 4 to start singles.
-Stiteler took down Dao 6-3, 6-3 on court 1, and Zolotareva put USA up 3-1 by dropping Gendra 6-2, 6-2 at No. 3.
-Martins secured the victory for the Jags with a 6-2, 6-2 win against Johnson on court 5.
-Palmen fell to Luethi 6-2, 7-5 at No. 2, and sophomore Leslie Soto (Santiago, Chile) lost to Alguacil7-6, 1-6, 10-8 on court 6.
 
NOTES
-Fujioka continues undefeated in singles at 4-0, and Stiteler picked up her second straight win at the No. 1 position.
-Friday's win gives the Jaguars a 5-0 record this spring, which is the best start since 2015 when USA won the Sun Belt Conference Championship.
-Up next, the Jags will face Tulane in New Orleans on Saturday at 1 p.m.
 
QUOTES FROM COACH KEYSER
"It was a great bounce back in singles after a miserable doubles point. We are definitely a work in progress, but I love our attitude and enthusiasm as we try and make the pieces to this puzzle fit. I am looking forward to another opportunity to get better tomorrow."
 
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