FORT MYERS, Fla. – Yu Fujioka was victorious in both singles and doubles on Friday to help account for both points although the University of South Alabama women's tennis team fell 5-2 to Florida Gulf Coast at the FGCU Tennis Complex.

The Eagles improved to 1-2 on the season while it was the Jaguars' first match of the spring.

DOUBLES
-Fujioka and Nikola Kohoutova combined for a 6-1 victory over Ida Ferding and Satomi Momose on the No. 1 court.
-The Eagles responded with a 6-2 victory at No. 3 from Lourdes Ramalle and Alba Retortillo over Milka Pasanen and Diana Monsalve.
-FCGU clinched doubles and a 1-0 advantage when Maja Ornberg and Sofia Perez defeated Yurie Takanishi and  Cami Moreno 6-4 at No. 2.

SINGLES
-Perez earned a 6-4, 6-2 win over Leslie Soto at No. 6 to extend the FCGU advantage to 2-0, with the lead growing after Retortillo defeated Monsalve on the No. 5 court, 6-1, 7-5.
-The Eagles clinched the win when Sara Kelly beat Kohoutova 6-4, 6-4 at the No. 3 position.
-Fujioka got the Jaguars on the board with a 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory at No. 1 over Ornberg.
-Momose earned a 6-4, 5-7, (10-5) win over Moreno at No. 2 for FCGU's final point.
- Takanishi ended the day with a 7-6, 4-6, (11-8) decision at the No. 4 position against Ramalle.

NOTES
-Fujioka improved to 5-2 in both singles and doubles play in 2019-20 with the effort.
-It was her first victory at No. 1 singles since defeating Grambling's Keren Happuch Muswere on Jan. 26 last season.
-She has now won her last six singles matches dating back to the Jags visit to Memphis March 30 a year ago.
-Takanishi's win in singles was her first since the Grambling match last January.
-Moreno made her dual match debut for the Jaguars.

THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Jaco Keyser
On the match: "It was not quite the start to the season we envisioned, but I thought we competed hard the entire match.  There was definitely some rust from an execution and quality of play standpoint that we need to shake off.  We have a great opportunity tomorrow to try and bridge the gap between some of the good hitting out there and mold it into quality point play."

Up Next: The Jaguars will face Iowa in a neutral-site match that is set to get underway at 9 a.m. (CST) on FCGU's campus.

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