Matthew Grimes Women's Tennis 4/23/2022 5:40:33 PM South Alabama and UTA Set to Play for Women's Tennis Championship PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. – Two of the co-regular season champions will face off for the 2022 Sun Belt Conference Women’s Tennis Championship as top-seed South Alabama and No. 3-seed UT Arlington each won semifinal matches on Saturday at the Peachtree City Tennis Center. South Alabama opened the day with an impressive 4-1 win over No. 4-seed Coastal Carolina, before UTA topped No. 2-seed Georgia State 4-2 in a match that lasted just under four hours. The championship match will get underway on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET, and air live on ESPN+. Match 8: (1) South Alabama, 4 (4) Coastal Carolina 1 Box Score Top seed and co-regular season champion South Alabama advanced to the championship match of the Sun Belt Conference Tennis Tournament for a second-straight year with a 4-1 win over No. 4-seed Coastal Carolina on Saturday morning at the Peachtree City (Ga.) Tennis Center. South Alabama improved to 21-4, while Coastal Carolina fell to 13-9. The Jaguars took the doubles point thanks to wins from All-Sun Belt Second Team duo Nikola Kohoutova and Luminita Tutunaru, along with Milka Emilia Pasanen and Otoha Aoki. Nikola Kohoutova, the Sun Belt Player of the Year, gave the Jaguars a 2-0 lead on the Chanticleers with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Mathilde Tranberg. Minutes later, the Jaguars went ahead 3-0 following a win at No. 5 singles by Otoha Aoki over Megan Hopton. The Chanticleers made things interesting though as Anna Babayan earned a 6-4, 7-5 win over Milka Emilia Pasanen, before all three of the remaining matches went to third sets. South Alabama was finally able to clinch the match when Luminita Tutunaru topped Paola Landin Lopez 6-3, 2-6, 6-2, sending the Jaguars to the championship match. Match 9: (3) UT Arlington 4, (2) Georgia State 2 Box Score In a battle that last just under four hours, co-regular season champion and No. 3-seed UT Arlington topped fellow co-regular season champion and No. 2-seed Georgia State 4-2 on Saturday afternoon in the semifinals of the 2022 Sun Belt Conference Women’s Tennis Championship at the Peachtree City (Ga.) Tennis Center. UTA improved to 23-2 and will advance to the championship match on Sunday facing top-seed and co-regular season champion South Alabama. Georgia State saw its season come to an end at 17-6 following an impressive plus-15 win turnaround. The Mavericks took the doubles point after two of the three matches went to a tiebreaker. Momoka Horiguchi and Tara Gorinsek earned a 6-3 win at No. 1 doubles, before Georgia State evened doubles play when Eva Chivu and Pragnya Kumar scored a 7-6 (7-5) victory. UTA clinched the point when Liz Chileno and Ana Paula Jimenez earned a 7-6 (8-6) victory at the No. 2 spot. As singles play got underway, All-Sun Belt Second Team member Angel Carney got Georgia State on the board with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over fellow second team member Tara Gorinsek. The Mavericks took the next two points starting with a 6-2, 6-2 win by All-Sun Belt Second Team member Sarina Reinertsen over Pragnya Kumar at No. 5 singles, followed by Ana Paula Jimenez earning a 6-4, 6-2 win over Ellie Aldrich at No. 6 singles. All Sun Belt Second Team member Andreea Stanescu got the Panthers within a point following a 6-0, 7-5 win over Carla Pons before the final two matches went to third sets. Momoka Horiguchi secured the win for the Mavericks with a 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-2 win over Sofya Golubovskaya to send UTA into the finals. Follow #SunBeltWTEN on social media via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.