TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The University of South Alabama women's tennis team's 12th NCAA Tournament appearance ended in defeat as No. 11 Florida State dropped just one game in doubles and won three singles matches in three sets to win 4-0 in the first round Friday afternoon at the Scott Speicher Memorial Tennis Center.

The Jaguars end their season at 22-5.  The Seminoles move on to the second round with a 21-6 record.

DOUBLES
-On court 3, FSU's Petra Hule and Andrea Garcia blanked sophomore Nikola Kohoutova and freshman Yurie Takanishi 6-0
-The Seminoles clinched the point at No. 1 when No. 21 Ana Oparenovic and Emmanuelle Salas got past sophomores Yu Fujioka and Milka Pasanen 6-1

SINGLES
-No. 31 Carla Touly put Florida State up 2-0 after defeating senior Alexandria Stiteler 6-0, 6-1 on court 1
-Hule defeated Kohoutova 6-2, 6-1 at No. 3 to add to the FSU lead
-Garcia finished off the match on court 6, downing junior Diana Monsalve 6-3, 6-0

QUOTES FROM COACH KEYSER
Overall thoughts: "Tough day today. The bottom line is, we got whipped. A combination of Florida State being really good and us laying an egg makes for a long day. The one positive is that we have plenty of reference points for practice once we get started on next year's campaign."

On the season: "I'm extremely proud of this year's team. They had strong leadership and were very coachable. The entire team bought into our culture and identity, not just through words but through their actions on a daily basis. It was a tough loss to end the season but we will use today as motivation to become a better team."

NOTES
-The match was moved up three hours due to the threat of rain in the area
-Florida State leads the series 10-7, but is just 2-4 in the last six meetings
-Today was the first meeting between the two schools in the NCAA Tournament
-South Alabama's 22 wins this season tie the second most in school history
-Stiteler ends her career with school records in wins at No. 1 singles (65), win percentage at No. 1 singles (.774) and wins at No. 2 doubles (43)
-Stiteler led the Sun Belt in wins (16) and win percentage (.696) at the top singles flight
-Fujioka, the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year, will enter her junior campaign with the best singles win percentage in school history (.949)
-Kohoutova finished second in the conference this season in dual wins overall (19)

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