MOBILE, Ala. – With four matches in a five-day period, the University of South Alabama women's tennis team (9-0) will hope to stay unbeaten, starting Saturday with the first of three home matches.

MATCH INFORMATION
Dates: Feb. 23-24, 2019, Feb. 26-27, 2019
Opponents: Southern Miss (Feb. 23), No. 16 LSU (Feb. 24), New Orleans (Feb. 26), Jackson State (Feb. 27)
Hosts: USA (Sat., Tue.-Wed.), LSU (Sun.)
Places: Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts (Sat., Tue.-Wed.), LSU Tennis Complex (Sun.)
Match Times: Noon (Sat. and Sun.), 2 p.m. (Tue.), 1 p.m. (Wed.)

ON THE COURT FOR THE JAGUARS
-Yu Fujioka (So., Funabashi, Japan, 6-1 singles, 5-1 doubles)
-Alexandria Stiteler (Sr., Bradenton, Fla., 6-1 singles, 5-2 doubles)
-Milka Pasanen (So., Pieksämäki, Finland, 5-1 singles, 5-1 doubles)
-Patricia Martins (Sr., Lisbon, Portugal, 8-0 singles, 5-1 doubles)
-Nikola Kohoutova (So., Kralupy nad Vltavou, Czech Republic, 7-0 singles, 6-2 doubles)
-Leslie Soto (Jr., Santiago, Chile, 2-3 singles, 3-0 doubles)
-Diana Monsalve (Jr., Bogota, Colombia, 5-0 singles, 4-0 doubles)
-Yurie Takanishi (Fr., Haracho, Japan, 2-5 singles, 7-1 doubles)

NOTES
-If the Jaguars sweep all three home matches, they will tie the school record for consecutive home wins; the program won 61 straight from 1998-03 and has won 58 in a row dating back to 2013
-The Jackson State match was originally scheduled for Feb. 20 but postponed due to inclement weather
-USA is 23-2 this season at the bottom three singles flights
-Kohoutova tops the Sun Belt in win percentage at No. 4 (5-0) and Martins leads at No. 6 (7-0); Stiteler shares the conference lead at No. 1 (6-1)
-Southern Miss enters Saturday with a 6-0 record and is coming off a 6-1 victory at Troy
-The last time USA traveled to Baton Rouge in 2016, the Jags defeated No. 13 LSU 4-3
-The Jaguars have dropped four straight matches against ranked teams; the last win over a top-75 opponent was Apr. 23, 2016 against No. 64 UT Arlington in the Sun Belt Tournament
-South Alabama is 13-0 all-time vs. New Orleans

QUOTES FROM COACH KEYSER
On the upcoming week: "I'm looking forward to it. The next group of matches should provide us with a lot of reference points as we go into a two-week training block, so I'm excited to see how the girls compete."

On how playing four matches in five days will pay off: " I feel like we're competing really well, but this is a good opportunity to see if we can get our quality of play up. Our quality of play is looking good in practice, but ultimately we want to insert that into matches. That's why the matches are important these next couple of days."

On playing Southern Miss and LSU: " It's going to be a good challenge to see if we can execute the fundamentals and stay disciplined in our decision making against two teams that are obviously playing good tennis."

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