Results

PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. – No. 2 seed Georgia State won 4-2 over the No. 4 University of South Alabama women's tennis team Sunday for the Sun Belt Conference Championship at the Peachtree City Tennis Center.
 
DOUBLES
-To start doubles, junior Alexandria Stiteler (Bradenton, Fla.) and freshman Yu Fujioka (Funabashi, Japan) fell to Damira Muminovic and Daniela Ramirez 6-4 on court 2.
-Kristin Rehse and Lara Vovk clinched the doubles point with a 6-4 victory over Maxine Palmen (Sittard, Netherlands) and Milka Pasanen (Pieksamaki, Finland) at No. 1.
 
SINGLES
-Due to a lack of players, Georgia State had to forfeit two singles points, putting USA up 2-1.
-GSU bounced back when Muminovic defeated Palmen 6-1, 6-1 on court 3, and Pasanen fell to Vovk 6-4, 6-1 at No. 4.
-Rehse rallied to defeat Stiteler, ranked No. 111 by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, 2-6, 6-1, 6-3 on court 1 to secure the win for Georgia State.
 
NOTES
-The loss gives the Jaguars a 20-4 record on the year, while Georgia State is now 12-14.
-This is the fourth consecutive 20-win season for USA and the third straight year South Alabama finished second in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament.
- USA has reached the final of the Sun Belt Championships in each of the last five years, but is 1-4 in that span
-Fujioka finished the season undefeated in singles at 21-0. She holds the highest single-season dual win percentage in school history.
-Fujioka's 26 wins overall are tied for fifth in school history, and her overall win percentage (.929) is fourth best.
-Stiteler has the highest win percentage (.803) and ranks second in career wins (49) at the No. 1 flight in South Alabama history.
-Stiteler's 17 wins at the No. 1 flight this season is tied for fifth, and her win percentage at No. 1 (.850) ranks third in school history.
-At the No. 2 flight in doubles, Stiteler is tied for first in career wins (34)
 
QUOTES FROM HEAD COACH KEYSER
"It's definitely disappointing, and we will look back at this year as a wasted opportunity to win the title. We got caught on the wrong side of a team in Georgia State that had incredible momentum and played with no fear. It was not our best performance of the year, but hopefully, once the dust has settled, we will use this as motivation to keep improving. Overall, I have no regrets about this season. We had a great season and have set ourselves up for continued success in the future."
 
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