MOBILE, Ala. –  The University of South Alabama women's tennis team fell to Florida Gulf Coast on Thursday at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts.  

The Jaguars earned the doubles point for an early match lead, however, the Eagles gained four singles points to defeat South Alabama 4-1. 

Date: 2/10
Place: Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts (Mobile, Ala.)
Records: South Alabama (3-1), Florida Gulf Coast (4-3)

DOUBLES
1. Nikola Kohoutova/Luminita Tutunaru (USA) def. Ida Ferding/Emma Bardet (FGCU) 7-6 (8-6)
2. Yu Fujioka/Lara van der Merwe (USA) def. Fanny Norin/Jordana Ossa (FGCU) 6-2
3. Alba Retortillo /Isabella Colmenares (FGCU) def. Otoha Aoki/Yurie Takanishi (USA) 6-1
Order of Finish: (3,2,1)

SINGLES
1. Fujioka (USA) vs. Bardet (FGCUW) 4-6, 7-6, unfinished
2. Norin (FGCUW) def. Kohoutova (USA) 6-0, 6-4
3. Tutunaru (USA) vs. Colmenares (FGCU) 2-6, 6-4, unfinished
4. Ferding (FGCU) def. Milka Pasanen (USA) 6-3, 6-2
5. Retortillo (FGCU) def. Aoki (USA) 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
6. Ossa (FGCU) def. Van Der Merwe (USA) 6-4, 6-2
Order of Finish: (2,4,6)w

NOTES
- The loss ended the win streak for the Jaguars, bringing their record to 3-1. 
- South Alabama is now 0-2 in the series against Florida Gulf Coast.
- Fujioka and Van der Merwe remain undefeated in doubles for this season as a duo. 
- Kohoutova and Tutunaru improve to 2-1 as a duo in doubles wins this spring.

UP NEXT 
- The Jaguars will host Southeastern Louisiana on Friday at 2:00 p.m. (CST) at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts.

THEY SAID IT
Head coach Jaco Keyser
- Opening Statement: "It was a tough match today. I have to give credit to Florida Gulf Coast, they played very well. These are two good teams, the top of the Sun Belt and top of the ASUN, that's a good mid-major battle and they just got the better of us. On the positive side these are the matches that give us good match situations and repetition. We got punched in the mouth pretty hard at the beginning of singles so to see us at the end of singles come back and make a fight of it was good. We are at the point in this program too where we take lessons from losses. It's disappointing to lose but we have an opportunity tomorrow and Sunday to get better." 

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