PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. – The University of South Alabama women's tennis team rallied for a 4-3 victory over Coastal Carolina on Saturday afternoon at the Peachtree City Tennis Center in Peachtree City, Ga.

After falling in doubles, the Jaguars and the Chanticleers had a nail-biting battle in singles action. Nikola Kohoutova wasted no time getting South on the board as she served up a straight-set victory on court two. Otoha Aoki and Yu Fujioka gave the Jags a 3-1 lead after defeating the Chanticleers on courts one and five. Coastal Carolina clapped back with two singles victories on courts three and four to tie the match, 3-3. Then, it all came down to court six. After dropping the second set, Aina Domingo-Bernabeu came back with a vengeance in the third set, defeating Jessie Mount and advancing the Jags to the Sun Belt Conference Finals.

SOUTH ALABAMA 4, COASTAL CAROLINA 3
Date: 4/17
Place: Peachtree City Tennis Center (Peachtree City, Ga.)
Records: USA (15-5), CCU (14-7)

DOUBLES
1. Somer Dalla-Bona / Jessie Mount (CCU) def. Cami Moreno / Yurie Takanishi (USA) 6-4
2. Yu Fujioka / Nikola Kohoutova (USA) def. Victoire De Samucewicz / Jesse Hollins (CCU) 6-3
3. Kristyna Jurkova / Valentina Urelli (CCU) def. Otoha Aoki / Aina Domingo-Bernabeu (USA) 7-5
Order of Finish: (1,2,3)

SINGLES
1. Fujioka (USA) def. Dalla-Bona (CCU) 6-1, 4-6, 6-0
2. Kohoutova (USA) def. Jurkova (CCU) 6-3, 6-4
3. De Samucewicz (CCU) def. Moreno (USA) 6-2, 7-6(4)
4. Urelli (CCU) def. Milka Pasanen (USA) 5-7, 6-4, 6-1
5. Aoki (USA) def. Hollins (USA) 6-3, 7-5
6. Domingo-Bernabeu (USA) def. Mount (CCU) 6-4, 5-7, 6-2
Order of Finish: (2,5,1,3,4,6)

NOTES
- Kohoutova and Fujioka earned their fourth consecutive doubles win as a pair against Coastal Carolina.
- Fujioka, Domingo-Bernabeu and Pasanen each forced their opponents into three sets.
- Kohoutova and Aoki are now 2-0 in singles play this weekend, with both of their wins coming in straight sets.
- Aoki recorded her 10th consecutive singles victory, improving her overall record to 16-2.
- Fujioka and Kohoutova have each won 14 singles matches this season.
- The Jaguars lead 5-1 in the all-time series between the two clubs.


UP NEXT 
- South Alabama will return to action on Sunday at 12 p.m. (CT) for the SBC Championship match at the Peachtree City Tennis Center in Peachtree City, Ga.

THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Jaco Keyser
- On today's match: "Extremely gutsy win today. It's not always easy to process the loss of a doubles point where you were leading 95 percent of the time. Coastal played a great match, so the ability to absorb their punches and squeak out a win is very impressive. Looking forward to another great battle tomorrow."

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