MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama women's tennis team rallied for a 7-0 victory over Southeastern Louisiana Saturday afternoon at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts. The Jaguars won the doubles point against the Lions after doubles pair Otoha Aoki and Nikola Kohoutova cruised to a 6-1 victory over Carnejo and Sleptsova.
SOUTH ALABAMA 7, SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA 0
Date: 2/13
Place: Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts (Mobile, Ala.)
Records: USA (3-0), SELU (1-2)
DOUBLES
1. Putri Insani / Ximena Yanez (SELU) def. Yu Fujioka/ Milka Pasanen (USA) 7-5
2. Cami Moreno / Yurie Takanishi (USA) def. Flory Bierma / Annemart Kleijn (SELU) 6-1
3. Otoha Aoki / Nikola Kohoutova (USA) def. Cornejo Katya / Polina Sleptsova(SELU) 6-1
Order of Finish: (2,1,3)
SINGLES
1. Fujioka (USA) def. Insani (SELU) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-6)
2. Moreno (USA) def. Sleptsova (SELU) 1-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-3)
3. Kohoutova (USA) def. Kleijn (SELU) 6-2, 6-2
4. Takanishi (USA) def. Bierma (SELU) 6-4, 6-1
5. Pasanen (USA) def. Yanez (SELU) 6-4, 6-2
6. Aoki (USA) def. Perez (SELU) 6-1, 6-3
Order of Finish: (3,6,4,5,2,1)
NOTES
- Fujioka and Aoki earned their third singles wins this season, each improving to 3-0. Aoki also recorded her second doubles victory with teammate Kohoutova.
- Kohoutova captured her first singles win of the season against Kleijn of Southeastern Louisiana.
- Moreno, Pasanen, and Takanishi advanced to 2-0 in singles action this season.
- Fujioka dropped her first doubles match of the season, falling 2-1.
- South Alabama improved to 8-0 all-time against the Lions and remains undefeated this season.
UP NEXT
- The Jaguars will return to action on Feb. 17 to take on West Alabama at 1 p.m. at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts.
THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Jaco Keyser
- On today's match: "We are happy that we got a chance to get out on the court and play after all the bad weather in our area. It was a very competitive match, and we competed at a good level. I love how we finished the match, and now we are ready to get back to work."
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