MOBILE, Ala. – With the close of the regular season upon them, the University of South Alabama women's tennis team will head to Georgia Southern and Georgia State this weekend.

MATCH INFORMATION
Dates: April 13 and 14, 2019
Opponents: Georgia Southern (April 13) and Georgia State (April 14)
Hosts: Georgia Southern and Georgia State
Places: Wallis Tennis Center and Piedmont Park
Match Times: 9 a.m. CDT (Sat.) and 9:30 a.m. CDT (Sun).

ON THE COURT FOR THE JAGUARS
-Yu Fujioka (So., Funabashi, Japan, 13-2 singles, 8-7 doubles)
-Alexandria Stiteler (Sr., Bradenton, Fla., 12-5 singles, 11-7 doubles)
-Milka Pasanen (So., Pieksämäki, Finland, 11-1 singles, 9-4 doubles)
-Patricia Martins (Sr., Lisbon, Portugal, 13-2 singles, 11-4 doubles)
-Nikola Kohoutova (So., Kralupy nad Vltavou, Czech Republic, 17-2 singles, 13-4 doubles)
-Leslie Soto (Jr., Santiago, Chile, 4-7 singles, 3-0 doubles)
-Diana Monsalve (Jr., Bogota, Colombia, 7-1 singles, 4-0 doubles)
-Yurie Takanishi (Fr., Haracho, Japan, 2-5 singles, 13-4 doubles)

NOTES
-South Alabama has won all five matches against Georgia Southern by a combined 25-1
-All five meetings with GS have come away from Mobile; Saturday will be the second match to take place in Statesboro
-Since losing the first 10 meetings in the series, Georgia State is 6-4 against South Alabama
-USA and GSU have faced off in each of the last three Sun Belt Championships and four of the last five; the Panthers are 3-1 in the postseason
-Pasanen (.917) and Kohoutova (.895) rank first and second, respectively, in the Sun Belt in win percentage; both lead the team with a 10-match win streak
-Kohoutova is 8-0 in league matches, tied for the best in the conference
-The Jags have blanked their last two opponents for the first time since opening the season with 7-0 wins over Grambling State

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