Results

MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama women's tennis team concluded its home slate Saturday with a 4-0 win over Alabama-Birmingham at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts.
 
DOUBLES
-Junior Alina Zolotareva (Barnaul, Russia) and freshman Nikola Kohoutova (Kralupy Nad Vltavou) started doubles with a 6-3 victory over Dominika Hrabalova and Megan Bertrands on court 3.
-At No. 1, junior Patricia Martins (Lisbon, Portugal) and freshman Milka Pasanen (Pieksamaki, Finland) clinched the doubles point by defeating Marlene Herrmann and Sonia Grzywocz 6-3.
 
SINGLES
-Freshman Yu Fujioka (Funabashi, Japan) began singles by dropping Sophie Dodds 6-2, 6-3 on court 3.
-Junior Alexandria Stiteler (Bradenton, Fla.), ranked No. 99 by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, gave the Jaguars a 3-0 lead by besting Alexandra Shchipakina 6-3, 6-3 at No. 1.
-Kohoutova secured the victory for South Alabama with a 6-3, 6-2 win against Hrabalova on court 6.
 
NOTES
-With the win, USA improves to 15-1 on the season, and the victory marks the tenth straight for the team.
-The Jags finished the season 9-0 at home. The Jags have won their last 52 matches at home, and in the last 66 home matches, USA is 63-3.
-The last time the Jaguars lost a home match was in 2013 when USA played No. 52 North Texas in a 4-3 loss.
-Fujioka picked up her fifteenth singles victory of the spring as she continues her undefeated season.
-Stiteler improved to 12-1 in singles this season, and she has won her last six singles contests.
-Kohoutova is 10-1 in doubles this spring, and Martins improved to 10-2.
-Up next for USA is a match against Southern Miss Wednesday on the road.
-Last season, South Alabama beat Southern Miss 4-1 in Mobile, and the Jaguars hold a 22-0 series record over the Eagles.
 
QUOTES FROM HEAD COACH KEYSER
"We played one of our better matches, especially in singles today. We built some pressure on the opponents, and I thought we played good tennis. We are trending upwards. There's no doubt about it. Something important today is that we finished another undefeated season at home. All of that builds our identity, and I think we're moving in the right direction. We've just got to continue working on the match swings. When we're up, we've got to do a few things to close out matches, and when we're down, we've got to be able to handle those match situations. That's the exciting part about today. We handled the ups and the downs well today."
 
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