MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama women's tennis team fell to Tulane 4-1 at the Bruce David Lubel Tennis Courts on Friday.  

The Green Wave earned the doubles point with wins on courts two and three. The team went on to win on singles courts one, two and four for the win. 

Tulane 4, South Alabama 1 
Date: 4/15
Place: Bruce David Lubel Tennis Courts (Mobile, Ala.)
Records: South Alabama (19-4, 9-1 Sun Belt), Tulane (12-8, 2-4 AAC)

DOUBLES
1. Nikola Kohoutova/Luminita Tutunaru (USA) vs. Charlotte Russell/Lahari Yelamanchili (TLN) 5-4, unfinished
2. Mackenzie Clark/Kristen Borland (TLN) def. Yu Fujioka/Lara van der Merwe (USA) 6-2
3. Adelaide Lavery/Jiayun Zhu (TLN) def. Milka Pasanen/Otoha Aoki (USA) 6-2
Order of finish: 3,2

SINGLES
1. Kohoutova (USA) vs. Clark (TLN) 6-4, 6-6 (5-0), unfinished
2. Fujioka (USA) def. Yelamanchili (TLN) 6-4, 6-4
3. Lavery (TLN) def. Tutunaru (USA) 6-4, 7-6
4. Borland (TLN) def. Aoki (USA) 6-1, 6-3
5. Russell (TLN) def. van der Merwe (USA) 6-3, 6-4
6. Delien Kleinhans (USA) vs. Zhu (TLN) 5-7, 2-4, unfinished
Order of finish: 4,2,3,5

NOTES
- South concluded the season with a record of 19-4 as well as a 9-1 conference mark. 
- This is the Jags first loss since UTA on March 26.
- Fujioka earned the Jags only point of today's match, for her 11th dual win of the season. 

THEY SAID IT
Head coach Jaco Keyser
- On today's performance: "I have to give credit to Tulane, I think they played a really good match. Obviously, we are disappointed with the loss but we had a great regular season, finishing 19-4. I think if we process this correctly we can learn some valuable lessons leading into next week. Next on our list is just to rest, hydrate and get ready to battle next week."

UP NEXT 
-South will travel to Peachtree City, Ga. for the Sun Belt Conference Tournament set for April 22-24.  

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