TROY, Ala. – After falling behind after doubles, the University of South Alabama women's tennis team won three singles matches in straight sets to defeat Troy 4-1 Wednesday afternoon at the Lunsford Tennis Complex.

The Jaguars go to 15-2 overall on the season and 4-1 in the Sun Belt Conference. The Trojans drop to 8-8 and 2-3.

DOUBLES
-Troy struck first on court 1 when Chunxi Guo and Pei Ju Hsieh defeated senior Patricia Martins and sophomore Milka Pasanen 6-2
-The Jags answered on court 3 after sophomore Nikola Kohoutova and freshman Yurie Takanishi downed Celia Estevan and Maria Casas Blas 6-3
-The Trojans took the doubles point on Tingting Pei and Matea Mihaljevic's 6-4 win over senior Alexandria Stiteler and sophomore Yu Fujioka at No. 2

SINGLES
-Kohoutova blanked Estevan in the first set en route to a 6-0, 6-3 victory at No. 4 to even the match at 1-1
-USA took the lead on court 1 thanks to Stiteler's 6-1, 6-3 win against Mihaljevic
-Fujioka added to the Jaguar advantage after dropping Hsieh 6-1, 6-1 at No. 2
-Martins finished off the singles sweep on court 6, needing three sets to get past Guo, 6-2, 2-6, 6-1

NOTES
-South Alabama has won six straight in the series and leads 15-4
-Fujioka won her 10th straight singles match and improves to 11-1
-Kohoutova and Martins each won their 13th match of the year
-The Jags are 25-2 courts 5 and 6

QUOTE FROM COACH KEYSER
"We will be hard to beat within the conference if we continue to put out six good singles points like today. There was some good quality play for bigger periods of time and a heavy dose of grit. Hopefully we can continue to improve and maximize our potential as a team."

UP NEXT
The Jaguars go to Memphis Saturday at 2 p.m.

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