MOBILE, Ala. – The duo of Camila Moreno and Yurie Takanishi recorded their fourth straight doubles win at No. 1, 6-1 to help the University of South Alabama's women's tennis team win its match, 6-1 against West Alabama at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts.
Otoha Aoki and Nikola Kohoutova clinched the doubles point in their second straight win as a pair, 6-1 at the No. 3 spot. The highlight of the day for the Jaguars came when Yuri Takanishi won her singles match in three sets, 6-4, 5-7 (6-7), 6-1 to clinch the match for South.
SOUTH ALABAMA 6, WEST ALABAMA 1
Date: 2/17
Place: Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts (Mobile, Ala.)
Records: South Alabama (4-0), West Alabama (Exh.)
DOUBLES
1. Camila Moreno / Yurie Takanishi (USA) def. Daryna Hukasian / Haina Franco (UWA), 6-1
2. Heden Ly / Sarah Manseri (UWA) def. Yu Fujioka / Milka Pasanen (USA), 6-3
3. Otoha Aoki / Nikola Kohoutova (USA) def. Morgan Bishop / Valeria Arevalo (UWA), 6-1
Order of Finish: (1,3,2)
SINGLES
1. Fujioka (USA) def. Manseri (UWA), 6-3, 6-4
2. Kohoutova (USA) def. Franco (UWA), 6-1, 6-4
3. Takanishi (USA) def. Ly (UWA), 6-4, 5-7 (6-7), 6-1
4. Monsalve,Diana (USA) def. Thea Yang (UWA), 7-5, 6-4
5. Arevalo (UWA) def. Juliette Talieu (USA), 6-4, 6-2
6. Caraline Scheufler (USA) def. Daryna (UWA), 6-1, 6-3
Order of Finish: (2,1,3,4,6,5)
NOTES
- The start of the match was moved to 12:30 due to inclement weather in the forecast.
- The match was recorded as an exhibition for UWA.
- Fujioka recorded her fourth consecutive singles win overall and third straight at the No. 1 position.
- Kohoutova improved to 2-1 overall for USA this spring.
- Takanishi picked up her third consecutive singles win for South.
- Scheufler recorded her first singles win in the No. 6 position, while improving to 2-1 this spring.
UP NEXT
- South Alabama will travel to Birmingham, Ala., to take on Samford on Saturday at 10 a.m., at the Pat M. Courington Tennis Pavilion.
THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Jaco Keyser
- On the match against UWA: "We had a great match experience today. We need to go through the match situations, plenty of good, plenty of not so good, but plenty of reference points for practice moving forward."
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