TROY, Alabama – The Troy women's tennis team pushed its rival to brink, but in the end lost to No. 43 South Alabama, 4-3, at the Lunsford Tennis Complex on Wednesday.
Troy (10-5, 2-1) and South Alabama (17-4, 4-0) split the six singles matches, which made South Alabama's win in the opening doubles matches the difference. The Jaguars won easily in those doubles matches, taking No. 1 and No. 2 by 6-1 scores to grab the early 1-0 lead.
The Jaguars' No. 65 Alexandria Stiteler quickly gave South Alabama at 2-0 lead with a win at No.