March 2, 2003

CLEMSON, S.C. -- South Alabama, ranked 14th in nation, proved to be too much for Virginia Tech Sunday afternoon as the Jaguars cruised to a 6-1 win over the Hokies. The loss was the second straight to a Top 25 opponent for Tech following Friday's narrow 4-3 defeat against No. 22 Clemson.

South Alabama won two of the three doubles matches to win the first point of the team match then captured five of the six singles events for the win. Elissa Kinard (So., Charleston, S.C.) picked up Tech's lone singles win with a come-from-behind 6-7, 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 3 over Marlieke Jager. The remainder of the lineup was not as fortunate as Kristen Stubbs (Sr., Hilton Head, S.C.) lost at No. 1 to 34th-ranked Viktoria Stoklasova 7-6, 6-0 and Carolyn Kramer (So., Manchester, Mo.) dropped a 6-3, 6-3 match at No. 2 to Andrea Kurekova.

In other singles matches, Ginger Lowdermilk (Jr., Bossier City, La.) lost 7-5, 6-2 at No. 4 against Dominika Nemcovicova and Zdenka Videnova (Sr., Skopje, Macedonia) fell 6-3, 6-2 at No. 5 to Katarina Palenikova. Felice Lam (So., Seattle, Wash.) lost 4-6, 7-6, 1-0 (1) in the No. 6 match to Klara Jarova.

Tech (10-5) won the No. 3 doubles match as Lam/Videnova defeated Kurekova/Nemcovicova 8-4. South Alabama's Palenikova/Stoklasova won the No. 1 match 8-1 over Kinard/Kramer and Tech's Lowdermilk/Stubbs lost 8-5 at No. 2 against Jager/Jarova.

Tech's next match will be on Fri., Mar. 7 at 2:30 p.m. when the Hokies host Maryland at the Burrows/Burleson Tennis Center on the Virginia Tech campus.

No. 14 South Alabama 6, Virginia Tech 1

SINGLES
No. 1 #34 Viktoria Stoklasova (USA) def. Kristen Stubbs (VT) 7-6, 6-0
No. 2 Andrea Kurekova (USA) def. Carolyn Kramer (VT) 6-3, 6-3
No. 3 Elissa Kinard (VT) def. Marlieke Jager (USA) 6-7, 6-3, 6-3
No. 4 Dominika Nemcovicova (USA) def. Ginger Lowdermilk (VT) 7-5, 6-2
No. 5 Katarina Palenikova (USA) def. Zdenka Videnova (VT) 6-3, 6-2
No. 6 Klara Jarova (USA) def. Felice Lam (VT) 4-6, 7-6, 1-0 (1)

DOUBLES
No. 1 Palenikova/Stoklasova (USA) def. Kinard/Kramer (VT) 8-1
No. 2 Jager/Jarova (USA) def. Lowdermilk/Stubbs (VT) 8-5
No. 3 Lam/Videnova (VT) def. Kurekova/Nemcovicova (USA) 8-4