FORT MYERS, Fla. – Iowa earned the doubles point then reeled off three straight-set victories on the way to a 6-1 women's tennis win over the University of South Alabama Saturday at the FGCU Tennis Complex.

It was the Hawkeyes' opening match of the spring campaign, while the Jaguars fell to 0-2.

DOUBLES
-Samantha Mannix and Danielle Burich began doubles play for the Hawkeyes with a 6-2 win over Milka Pasanen and Leslie Soto at No. 3.
-Ashleigh Jacobs and Danielle Bauers teamed up to beat Cami Moreno and Yurie Takanishi 7-5 on the No. 2 court and clinch the doubles point for Iowa.

SINGLES
-Elise van Heuvelen Treadwell doubled Iowa's lead with a 6-2, 6-1 victory at No. 1 over Yu Fujioka.
-Burich earned a 6-4, 6-2 win over Soto at the No. 6 position before Mannix clinched the victory for the Hawkeyes by defeating Nikola Kohoutova 7-6, 6-4.
-Diana Monsalve recorded South's point at No. 5 with a 7-5, 4-6, (12-10) victory over Bauers.
-Jacobs needed a third-set tiebreaker to beat Pasanen on the No. 3 court, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2.
-The match ended with Michelle Bacalla defeating Takanishi 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 at No. 4.

NOTES
-The singles win was Monsalve's first since defeating Anastasia Grosheva of Georgia State on April 14 a season ago after she did not participate in an event during the fall semester.
-Takanishi's last three spring singles matches dating back to last year have gone to a third set.
-Pasenen made her singles debut this spring after only taking part in doubles against Florida Gulf Coast on Friday morning.
-It marked the second different doubles pairing she has been a part of after playing with Monsalve the previous day.
-Kohoutova moved up a spot in the Jaguar lineup after playing at No. 3 in the match-up with FGCU.

THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Jaco Keyser
On falling for the second time in as many days: "No doubt it is an uncomfortable feeling losing two in a row, we have been fortunate over the years to come out of the gates sprinting and not losing much.  It is strange to say in a loss, but I thought we showed some incremental improvement today.  There is no doubt we would love the improvement to speed up, but if we keep the competitiveness, fight and mental grind alive like today then it's just a matter of time until we turn the corner in our execution and quality of play.  We have a great opportunity to keep improving tomorrow against another quality team."

Up Next: USA wraps up the weekend with its third match in as many days when the Jaguars play Middle Tennessee at the FCGU Tennis Complex, with the match scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. (CST).

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