LAFAYETTE, La.– Freshmen Yu Fujioka (Funabashi, Japan) and Maxine Palmen (Sittard, Netherlands) won their singles draws Saturday at the Ragin' Cajun Invitational, hosted by Louisiana-Lafayette.
Fujioka rallied to defeat ULL's Kelly Drew 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, and Palmen came back to beat Polina Ivanova of Northwestern State 2-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3.
"I am happy we won some matches today," said USA head Jaco Keyser. "It helped us overcome some tough match situations."
In other singles action, freshman Nikola Kohoutova (Kralupy Nad Vltavou, Czech Republic) fell to NSU's Ela Iwaniuk 6-1, 6-0, and Katya Comejo defeated sophomore Leslie Soto (Santiago, Chile) 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-1) in the finals of their draws.