MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama women's tennis team will play away from their home courts for the first time in 2018-19 when the Jaguars take on UAB and Samford this weekend.

MATCH INFORMATION
Dates: Feb. 9-10, 2019
Hosts: UAB (Sat.), Samford (Sun.)
Places: George Ward Park (Sat.), Samford Tennis Center (Sun.)
Match Times: Noon (Sat. and Sun.)

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

NOTES
-Two wins this weekend would give South Alabama its first 6-0 start since 2014 and 2015
-The Jaguars are a combined 10-1 in doubles this spring, including 7-0 at the top two flights
-Martins has a team-best 4-0 record and hasn't lost more than three games in a set
-UAB enters Saturday's match with a 2-3 record, which includes losses to Alabama (7-0) and Auburn (4-3)
-Samford is 3-1 on the season with a loss to Mississippi State, and the Bulldogs' No. 1, Grace Jennings, is 4-0

QUOTES FROM COACH KEYSER
On this weekend's matches: "This is a good opportunity to get better. This will be similar competition to what we're going to see in the conference, therefore it'll be a good test run to figure out how we're going to win those matches."

On how UAB and Samford compare to teams in years past: "They have some good players and they compete hard, but we're more focused on our side of the net and how we execute and compete, and how we make minor adjustments within matches"

On the team's two newcomers: "They're doing good. They're getting some matches in and the talent level is high. They just have to keep on becoming better match players, both them and the rest of the girls."

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