CONWAY, S.C. - The University of South Alabama women's tennis team took down Troy 5-2 Saturday at the Stevens Tennis Complex.
DOUBLES
-Freshman
Milka Pasanen (Pieksamaki, Finland) and junior
Patricia Martins (Lisbon, Portugal) defeated
Sanae Ohta and
Nancy Karaky 6-2 on court 1.
-At No. 3, junior
Alina Zolotareva (Barnaul, Russia) amd freshman
Nikola Kohoutova (Kralupy Nad Vltavou, Czech Republic) dropped
Maria Casas Blas and
Matea Mihaljevic 6-3 to secure the doubles point.
SINGLES
-Kohoutova dropped Blas 6-1, 6-1 at No. 6, and junior
Alexandria Stiteler (Bradenton, Fla.) bested Ohta 6-1, 6-2 on court 1 to put the Jaguars up 3-0.
-Freshman
Yu Fujioka (Funabashi, Japan) clinched the win by downing
Jiayuan Xue 7-5, 6-4 at court 2.
-Troy's two points came on courts 3 and 4. Freshman
Maxine Palmen (Sittard, Netherlands) fell to Karaky 3-6, 6-2, (10-2) on court 3, and at No. 4, Pasanen lost 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 to Mihaljevic.
-Martins wrapped up play by defeating
Pei Ju Hsieh 5-7, 6-3, (10-4) on court 5.
NOTES
-The Jaguars improve to 12-1 on the season, and the victory marks the seventh straight for the team.
-Fujioka and Martins are still unbeaten in singles this spring at 12-0 and 8-0, respectively.
-Stiteler has won three straight to improve to 9-1 on court 1.
-The Jaguars have won four straight in the series with Troy, and now lead 13-4
-Up next for USA is a match against Georgia Southern Sunday at 8 a.m.
-South Alabama defeated Georgia Southern twice last season, including a 4-0 win in the conference tournament.
QUOTES FROM COACH KEYSER
"This was a solid conference win that will pay dividends down the road. Once again, I loved our competitive nature. We played solid doubles and we had some good patches of quality play in singles. I'm looking forward to another conference challenge tomorrow morning against Georgia Southern."
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