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MOBILE, Ala. -- The Samford University women's tennis team remained winless in road matches Saturday as the Bulldogs dropped a 5-2 decision against the undefeated South Alabama Jaguars in a hard-fought South Region showdown held at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts.
 
Samford (5-6) has already faced a challenging road slate of matches this season with difficult losses at No. 10 Georgia, No. 63 Wake Forest, No. 71 Mississippi State, Middle Tennessee and South Alabama (8-0).
 
The Bulldogs own a near-perfect 5-1 record at home this season, but are 0-5 when playing outside of the friendly confines of the Samford Tennis Center.
 
The Jaguars opened the season with an 8-0 record for a second straight season.
 
South Alabama claimed the doubles point with wins on courts No. 1 and No. 3. In the No. 2 doubles contest, the match was suspended with the score deadlocked at 5-5.
 
The Bulldogs claimed a pair of victories in singles play as senior Stephanie N'tcha and junior Carita Moolman both earned straight-set triumphs.
 
N'tcha, Samford's All-Southern Conference standout from Abomey-Calavi, Benin, tallied an impressive 7-6(4), 6-2 victory over the Jaguars' Laura Valkova on court No. 1, while Moolman improved her brilliant singles record on the season to 7-1 with a 7-5, 6-4 win against Michaela Meszarosova at the No. 4 position. N'tcha owns a 6-4 dual-match record in 2015.
 
Despite the Bulldogs' victories from N'tcha and Moolman, South Alabama was able to clinch the overall team win with singles triumphs on courts No. 2, No. 3, No. 5 and No. 6.
 
Emily Newton clinched the match for the Jaguars in her eighth singles win for the season with a 7-6 (7-5), 6-0 victory over Yasmeen Ebada on the No. 2 court.
 
The Samford University women's tennis team will next be in action March 14 at noon (CDT) as the Bulldogs welcome the Tulane Green Wave to the Samford Tennis Center for another high-profile South Region showdown.

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