MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama women's tennis team swept Georgia Southern 7-0 in Sun Belt Conference play Saturday morning at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts. 

The Jaguars took the lead after sweeping the doubles point after the duo of Yu Fujioka and Nikola Kohoutova defeated Elizabeth Goines and Sonja Keranen 6-1 on court two. South Alabama then claimed each match on courts one through five in straight sets, with the final singles match of the day ending when Diana Monsalve defeated Elizabeth Goines 2-6, 6-0, 10-7, on court six.

SOUTH ALABAMA 7, GEORGIA SOUTHERN 0
Date: 3/20
Place: Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts (Mobile, Ala.)
Records: USA (9-4, 4-0 Sun Belt), GS (8-8, 1-3 Sun Belt)

DOUBLES
1. Cami Moreno / Yurie Takanishi (USA) leading Charlotte van Diemen/ Nadja Meier (GS) 4-3, unfinished
2. Yu Fujioka / Nikola Kohoutova (USA) def. Elizabeth Goines / Sonja Keranen (GS) 6-1
3. Aina Bernabeu / Otoha Aoki (USA) def. Paula Boixader / Hannah Daniel (GS) 6-0
Order of Finish: (3,2)

SINGLES
1. Fujioka (USA) def. Boixader (GS) 6-3, 6-2
2. Kohoutova (USA) def. Meier (GS) 6-2, 6-2
3. Milka Pasanen (USA) def. Sophie Wagemaker (GS) 6-2, 6-4
4. Moreno (USA) def. Mila Hartig (GS) 6-3, 6-4
5. Aoki (USA) def. Paula Hijos (GS) 6-2, 6-4
6. Diana Monsalve (USA) def. Goines (GS) 2-6, 6-0, 10-7
Order of Finish: (2,1,3,4,5,6)

NOTES
- The doubles team of Fujioka and Kohoutova improved to 3-1 in conference play and have won six of their last 10.
- Bernabeu and Otoha Aoki remain undefeated in conference play as a pair and extended their win streak to three matches.
- Fujioka improved to 10-3 overall in singles, remaining undefeated in conference play at 4-0 while also extended her win streak to three matches.
- Kohotouva remains undefeated in conference play improving to 3-0 in singles.
- Pasanen got her first singles win in conference play and snapped a four-match losing streak.
- Moreno recorded her first conference win and her first win at the No. 4 position.
- Aoki remained undefeated in conference play and at the No. 5 position.
- Monsalve improved to 2-1 in conference play and recorded her first win in the No. 6 position.
- The Jaguars remain undefeated at home and in conference play after picking up their ninth dual match win this season.
- The Jags also remain undefeated against Georgia Sothern, winning all eight meetings between the two teams so far.

UP NEXT 
- South Alabama will return home on Sunday to take on Georgia State at 10 a.m. at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts.

THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Jaco Keyser
- On today's match: "It was a good day, I think we should enjoy this, it's probably our best performance so far this year. We just played good, solid, extremely disciplined tennis. This is a tough team, we played them in the conference final two years ago. We were structured and executed a lot better, and when execution goes up, decisions flow better. We didn't give away too many free points, we contested points win or lose. Any conference win right now for us as we try to get a good seed for the conference tournament is huge. We have a team looking to build some confidence, I feel like we're trending in the right direction and hopefully we can build off of today's performance."

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