MOBILE, Ala. –  The University of South Alabamas women's tennis team defeated Southeastern Louisiana on Friday afternoon at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts.   

South Alabama took the doubles point for an early match lead with wins on court 1 and 3. The Jags went on to win four singles points for the 4-0 victory. 

South Alabama 4, Southeastern Louisiana 0
Date: 2/11
Place: Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts | (Mobile, Ala.)
Records: South Alabama (4-1) Southeastern Louisiana (0-3)

DOUBLES
1. Luminita Tutunaru/Nikola Kohoutova (USA) def. Sofya Kanarskaya/Putri Insani (SLU) 6-0
2. Yu Fujioka/Lara van der Merwe (USA) vs. Polina Paunova/Bogi Csordas (SLU) 5-2, unfinished
3. Milka Pasanen/Delien Kleinhans (USA) def. Polina Sleptsova/Jordan Burdett (SLU) 6-2
Order of Finish: (1,3)

SINGLES
1. Kohoutova (USA) vs. Insani (SLU) 6-4, 2-1, unfinished
2. Fujioka (USA) vs. Sleptsova (SLU) 6-1, 5-2, unfinished
3. Tutunaru (USA) vs. Paunova (SLU) 6-1, 4-2, unfinished
4. Van Der Merwe (USA) def. Kanarskaya (SLU) 6-0, 6-0
5. Yurie Takanishi (USA) def. Csordas (SLU) 6-1, 6-3
6. Caraline Scheufler (USA) def. Burdett (SLU) 6-0, 6-0
Order of Finish: (6,4,5)

NOTES
- South Alabama improves its season record to 4-1. 
- The Jaguars improve to 8-0 in the overall series against Southeastern Louisiana.
- Fujioka and Van der Merwe now have five doubles wins as a duo this season.
- Scheufler is now 7-1 in singles play dating back to the fall. 
- All three singles points were decided in straight sets.

UP NEXT 
- South Alabama will host Alabama State Sunday at 10 a.m. (CST) at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts.

THEY SAID IT
Head coach Jaco Keyser
- On coming back from a loss: "It was definitely big for us. We have an experienced team and we have won a lot but we always want to bounce back after a loss. I think we played good today and I think that's because we had a bit of a chip on our shoulder. We fought hard yesterday but today the quality of play picked up so I am definitely excited about today's outcome."

-On what the team did better: "We played the points better today. There was more structure especially in the beginning of the points. We went through the progression of building points. Yesterday we were a little concerned when our opponent came out and played good quality tennis but today there was a calmness about us. That is part of the season, it's a marathon not a sprint so we are trying to get better everyday and I think today was a good sign of that."

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