TEMPE, Ariz. – University of South Alabama senior
Alexandria Stiteler and sophomore
Yu Fujioka are both are in the Oracle/ITA Division I Women's Tennis Rankings released this week.
Stiteler is No. 78 and Fujioka is No. 113. They are the only two from the Sun Belt Conference in the top 125.
A Bradenton, Fla., native, Stiteler ended the 2018 season at No. 111 after posting a 21-8 overall record and earning a berth in the NCAA Singles Championships. She went 17-3 in the spring and was voted First Team all-Sun Belt for the third consecutive year.
Stiteler currently ranks first in school history in win percentage at No. 1 (.803) and second in wins at the top flight (49).
Fujioka, a Funabashi, Japan native, posted the best dual match win percentage in school history last season, going 21-0 in the spring, including a record 14-0 on the No. 3 court.
She was named First Team all-Sun Belt and voted the Sun Belt Athlete of the Week on two occasions.
The Jaguars open their fall season today at the Thomasville Invitational.
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