MOBILE, Ala. – Yu Fujioka and Juliette Talieu picked up a 6-0 doubles victory over the pair of Laura Lopez and Carla Bouygues of Nicholls State Tuesday to help the University of South Alabama women's tennis team win its match, 6-1 against Nicholls State at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts. 

Yurie Takanishi and Cami Moreno won their doubles match at the No. 1 spot to clinch the doubles point for South. Later on, Moreno clinched the match for the Jags when she won her singles match in a tiebreaker, 7-5, 7-6 (5). Fujioka took her singles match to three sets and won, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.

SOUTH ALABAMA 6, NICHOLLS STATE 1
Date: 2/9
Place: Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts (Mobile, Ala.)
Records: South Alabama (2-0), Nicholls State (0-1)

DOUBLES
1. Yurie Takanishi / Cami Moreno (USA) def. Simona Maksimovic / Nikita Pinto (NSU), 6-3
2. Yu Fujioka / Juliette Talieu (USA) def. Laura Lopez / Carla Bouygues (NSU), 6-0
3. Milka Pasanen / Otoha Aoki (USA) def. Morgan Forshag / Nuria Martin Lopez (NSU), 6-4 
Order of Finish: (2,1,3)

SINGLES
1. Fujioka (USA) def. Maksimovic (NSU), 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
2. Moreno (USA) def. Lopez (NSU), 7-5, 7-6 (5)
3. Talieu (USA) def. Nikita Pinto (NSU), 6-3, 6-3
4. Diana Monsalve (USA) def. Bouygues (NSU), 6-1, 6-0 
5. Martin Lopez (NSU) def. Caraline Scheufler (USA), 6-4, 3-0 (retired)
6. Aoki (USA) def. Forshag (NSU), 6-2, 6-0 
Order of Finish: (4,3,2,1,5,6)

NOTES
-    South Alabama improved to 2-0 on the season and are currently undefeated at home.
-    The doubles team of Takanishi and Moreno recorded their second consecutive win at the No. 1 position and are currently undefeated as a duo.
-    The Jaguar doubles teams of Fujioka/Talieum and Pasnen/Aoki both posted their first wins as a pair this spring. 
-    Fujioka recorded her first singles win in the No. 1 position this season for South Alabama. 
-    Moreno picked up her first singles win of the season for USA. 
-    Talieu recorded her first singles win of the season for South Alabama.
-    Five of the six singles matches were decided in straight sets with only No. 1 going three sets.

UP NEXT
-     South Alabama will take on in-state rival Troy at home on Feb. 11 at 2 p.m. at the Bruce David Lubel Tennis Courts.

THEY SAID IT 
Head Coach Jaco Keyser
-    On the match against Nicholls State: "We were excited to play a match, and a little worried about the weather but we got the match in. The competitive nature was there. We were very structured and organized in out point play. We've still got a long way to go from an execution standpoint, but overall I thought it was a great effort." 
-    On looking ahead to the rest of the season: "I feel like we're way ahead of where we usually are this time of the year. We're having great practices and there were some good signs out there today."

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