MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis won the doubles point and the first two singles matches before finally holding off the University of South Alabama women's tennis team for a 4-2 victory Saturday afternoon at the Racquet Club of Memphis.
The Tigers go to 10-8 on the season while the Jaguars fall to 15-3.
DOUBLES
-Memphis took the doubles point with wins at Nos. 1 and 2
-Josephine Cao and Claire Sullivan dropped senior
Alexandria Stiteler and sophomore
Yu Fujioka 6-1 on court 2
-Alisha Reayer and Laura Bente edged senior
Patricia Martins and sophomore
Milka Pasanen 6-4 at No. 1
SINGLES
-The Tigers jumped out to a 3-0 lead after straight-sets wins on courts 5 and 6
-Cao lost just one game in her 6-1, 6-0 defeat of junior
Diana Monsalve, and Lina Hohnhold swept Martins 6-1, 6-4
-Stiteler avoided the shutout with a 7-5, 6-4 win at No. 1 over Reayer, and sophomore
Nikola Kohoutova outlasted Aleks Topalovic 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
-Laura Bente clinched the match after using two tiebreakers to get past Fujioka 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-4)
NOTES
-Fujioka had her 10-match singles win streak ended
-Kohoutova extended her win streak to seven consecutive matches
-Memphis has won the last two meetings but still trails in the series 8-3
QUOTE FROM COACH KEYSER
"That was a lot better indoor effort today. We need to keep improving indoors in the event we have to move indoors during the conference championships. I thought we battled extremely hard after they ran us out the gym in doubles and a couple of the singles spots. I thought we actually had a backdoor look at winning towards the end if we could force a third set at No. 2, but it will always be hard to win matches if you only contest four points. We need to process today very fast and get ready for an important conference match tomorrow."
UP NEXT
The Jaguars return to Sun Belt Conference action tomorrow with a trip to Arkansas State at 10 a.m.
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