MOBILE, Ala. – After going 3-0 in singles action at the Florida State Invitational last weekend — helping the Jaguar men's tennis program to a fourth-place finish at the event — Juan Cruz Soria is this week's guest on "Inside JagNation," the official podcast of Jaguar Athletics.

A senior who transferred to South after three years at Texas Rio Grande Valley, Soria's performance included claiming a pair of three-set victories on the opening day of the event; the second came against the Seminoles' Guy Iradukunda, ranked 59th in the country coming into the tournament, to help the Jags even the score 3-3 against FSU in the semifinals.  In the fall, he posted a 7-3 singles mark that was highlighted by a win in pre-qualifying for the ITA All-American Championships.

Prior to coming to Mobile, the San Juan, Argentina, native was a two-time first-team all-Western Athletic Conference selection in singles and the league's Player of the Year in 2015, and he also shared the school's male athlete-of-the-year honors that spring.  In three seasons with the Vaqueros, Soria was 46-36 in singles while adding 38 doubles victories.

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In this week's installment of the podcast, Soria talks about how he was able to come back after losing the first set twice on the first day of Florida State's tournament, how he prepared for the start of the spring season and his performance at three fall events.  The discussion also includes when he began playing tennis as a child, when he entered his first competitive tournaments, the decision to play at the collegiate level in the United States and his interest in transferring to South Alabama for his final collegiate season.

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