TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of South Alabama women's tennis doubles teams of Lumi Tutunaru/Yu Fujioka and Otoha Aoki/Lara van der Merwe both won two of their three doubles matches in their respective draws Friday at the Roberta Allison Invite held at the Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Facility. 

Date: 10/29
Tournament Name: Roberta Allison Invite 
Host: Alabama
Place: Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Facility (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)

DOUBLES
Wilmink/Van Dijk draw
- Lumi Tutunaru/Yu Fujioka (USA) def. Alexandria Staiculescu/Mila Mejic (IU) 6-3
- Elysia Pool/Lillian Gabrielsen (OM) def. Tutunaru/Fujioka (USA) 6-3
- Tutunaru/Fujioka (USA) def. Marta Perez Mur/Mary Brumfield (MD) 6-3

Bentley/Stephenson draw
- Otoha Aoki/Lara van der Merwe (USA) def. Kristina Kukaras/Michelle Ncube (Troy) 6-4
- Monique Woog/Dolavee Tumthong (UM) def. Aoki/van der Merwe (USA) 6-3
- Aoki/van der Merwe (USA) def. Sydney Orefice/Ansley Cheshire (UA) 7-6 (6)

NOTES
- Both Jaguar doubles squads one their opening round matches, lost their second round matches and then won the third-place match of their draws.
- Aoki and Van der Merwe picked up their fifth doubles win for the fall. 
- Due to inclement weather all three doubles rounds were played indoors on Friday leaving both singles rounds to be completed on Saturday. 
- Singles play will begin at 9 a.m.

UP NEXT 
- South Alabama will conclude play at the Roberta Allison Invite on Saturday morning with singles play beginning at 9 a.m.

THEY SAID IT
Head coach Jaco Keyser
- On today's performance: "Great day results wise. Even more exciting was our overall quality of play. The girls did a great job of engaging against tough competition and much bigger blocks of quality tennis. If we can repeat today's effort and sustain the quality of play and tie up some loose ends in singles tomorrow then we are most definitely moving in the right direction." 

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