THOMASVILLE, Ga. – The University of South Alabama women's tennis team swept Valdosta State and secured a singles win against West Florida on the final day of the Thomasville Collegiate Invitational Sunday at the Glen Arven Country Club.

The Jaguars played two singles and one double match against each school.

DOUBLES
-West Florida's Berta Bonardi and Karolina Silwanowicz dropped junior Leslie Soto (Santiago, Chile) and sophomore Nikola Kohoutova (Kralupy Nad Vltavou, Ceach Republic) 6-1, 6-2.
-Senior Milka Pasanen (Pieksamaki, Finland) and Patricia Martins (Lisbon, Portugal) beat a team from Valdosta State 6-3, 6-3.

SINGLES
-Pasanen downed Valeria Mantilla of West Florida 6-3, 6-0.
-UWF's Diana Vlad bested Martins 6-0, 6-4.
-Kohoutova and Soto won 6-2, 6-2, and 6-2, 6-3, respectively, against opponents from Valdosta State

QUOTE FROM COACH KEYSER
"No need to sugarcoat this weekend and create a false narrative. Right now, we are not very good. The positive is that we have plenty of reference points on what to improve when we get back on the practice court."

UP NEXT
The Jaguars will participate in the Samford Fall Invitational in Birmingham, Ala. on Oct. 5-7.

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