THOMASVILLE, Ga. – The University of South Alabama women's tennis team went 0-3 on the first day of the Thomasville Collegiate Invitational Friday at the Glen Arven Tennis Center.

The Jaguars took on Georgia Gwinnett on the first day of action, which included two singles matches and one doubles match.

DOUBLES
-Senior Patricia Martins (Lisbon, Portugal) and sophomore Milka Pasanen (Pieksamaki, Finland) fell 7-6, 7-5 against Henar Munoz and Margarida Abreu.

SINGLES
-Sophomore Nikola Kohoutova (Kralupy Nad Vltavou, Czech Republic) suffered a 6-3, 6-3 loss against Madeline Bosnjak.
-Junior Leslie Soto (Santiago, Chile) was defeated by Chiara Rebecchi 7-5, 7-5.

QUOTES FROM COACH KEYSER
"It was a pretty disappointing start to the preseason. The effort level was good, and there were bright spots here and there, but overall the output we produced today will not get the job done."

"Without execution of the fundamentals, it is impossible to gain any traction. Mix in a dose of unstructured decisions and you can call it a bad day. The good news is this is the preseason and hopefully the urgency after today will kick in as to why we work on certain things during practice. I'm looking forward to getting back on the court tomorrow and Sunday and get something positive out of this weekend."

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