MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama women's tennis team is scheduled to take on West Alabama in its first home match of the spring season Thursday at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts.

MATCH INFORMATION
Date: 1/23 (Thursday)
Opponent: West Alabama
Host: South Alabama
Place: Mobile, Ala.
Match time: 2 p.m. (CST)

ON THE COURT FOR THE JAGUARS
-Yu Fujioka (Jr., Funabashi, Japan; 2-1 singles, 1-1 doubles in dual matches)
-Nikola Kohoutova (Jr., Kralupy nad Vltavou, Czech Republic; 1-2 singles, 1-1 doubles)
-Diana Monsalve (Sr., Bogota, Colombia; 2-1 singles, 0-1 doubles)
-Cami Moreno (Jr., Rosario, Sante Fe, Argentina; 0-1 singles, 0-2 doubles)
-Milka Pasanen (Jr., Pieksämäki, Finland; 0-2 singles, 0-3 doubles)
-Leslie Soto (Sr., Santiago, Chile; 0-3 singles, 0-1 doubles)
-Yurie Takanishi (So., Haracho, Japan; 2-1 singles, 0-3 doubles)
-Juliette Talieu (Fr., Villemomble, France; 0-0 singles, 0-0 doubles)

NOTES
-This will be an exhibition match for the Tigers, who have yet to play this spring.
-It is the Jags' first home match since defeating Louisiana, 5-0, on April 7 last season.
-South enters play with a 1-2 mark after defeating Middle Tennessee, 4-3, in the last of three matches in Florida last weekend.
-Takanishi and Monsalve both won in three sets against the Blue Raiders to help USA rally from a 3-2 deficit, the second victory in singles action for both.
-Fujioka also won a pair of singles matches at the No. 1 position to begin the campaign.

THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Jaco Keyser
On the first home match of the spring: "We are looking forward to starting up at home and the opportunity to take what we do in practice and apply it in a match.  Last weekend it was great to see what we need to work on and improve, Thursday is a chance to get straight back at it and try to elevate our execution levels."

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