NEW ORLEANS, La. – The University of South Alabama women's tennis team (6-3) fell to Tulane (7-3) in a 4-2 decision on Sunday afternoon at the City Park Tennis Courts.

Otoha Aoki put the Jaguars on the board after defeating Charlotte Russell 6-3, 6-3 at the No. 6 position in singles play, but the Green Waves responded with two singles victories on courts two and four to end the day.

TULANE 4, SOUTH ALABAMA 2
Date: 2/28
Place: City Park Tennis Courts (New Orleans, La.)
Records: USA (6-3), TLN (7-3)

DOUBLES
1. #54 Mackenzie Clark / M.C. Meredith (TLN) vs. Cami Moreno / Yurie Takanishi  (USA) 4-3, unfinished 
2. Kristen Borland / Adelaide Lavery (TLN) def. Yu Fujioka / Nikola Kohoutova (USA) 6-2 
3. Lahari Yelamanchili / Charlotte Russell (TLN) def. Otoha Aoki / Aina Bernabeu (USA) 6-2 
Order of Finish: (3,2)

SINGLES
1. Fujioka (USA) def. Meredith (TLN) 4-6, 6-2, 6-0
2. #108 Clark (TLN) def. Kohoutova (USA) 7-5, 7-5 
3. Lavery (TLN) def. Moreno (USA) 7-6 (7-3), 6-1
4. Borland (TLN) def. Milka Pasanen (USA) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 
5. Yelamanchili (TLN) vs. Diana Monsalve (USA) 2-6, 6-2, 0-4, unfinished
6. Aoki (USA) def. Russell (TLN) 6-3, 6-3
Order of Finish: (3,6,2,1,4)

NOTES
- Aoki improved to a 6-1 overall singles record, with her win coming in straight sets (6-3,6-3).
- She also extended her winning streak to three matches against Tulane.
- Fujioka leads the Jaguars in singles action with her sixth win at the No. 1 position, improving her record to 7-2 overall.

UP NEXT 
- The Jaguars will return to action on Sat. Mar. 6 at 10 a.m. (CT) to face South Florida in Tampa, Fla., at the USF Varsity Tennis Courts.

THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Jaco Keyser
- On today's match: "Great fight and effort today. We could take some moral victories out of today's performance, but I think we are past that stage as a program. As a program, we are in the winning business, and we did not win today therefore, we're going back to the practice courts to find solutions."

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