MOBILE, Ala. – After nearly two weeks off due to a postponed match, the University of South Alabama women's tennis team will return to action with a pair of matches at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts on Saturday.

MATCH INFORMATION
Date: 2/1 (Saturday)
Opponents: UAB and Alcorn State
Host: South Alabama
Place: Mobile, Ala.
Match times: 10 p.m. (CST) vs. UAB, 2 p.m. vs. Alcorn State

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
-The Jaguars will be playing at home for the first time 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 on Sunday, Jan. 19.
-The Jaguars have won all 30 matches against the Blazers (2-2) dating back to the 1980 season after earning a 6-1 victory in Birmingham on Feb. 9 a year ago.
-South will be taking on the Braves (0-4) for the first time in program history.
-Last season the Jags went 3-0 against Southwestern Athletic Conference opponents, defeating Grambling 7-0 twice on Jan. 26 while also beating Jackson State by the same score Feb. 27.
-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 what the team has focused on with two weeks between matches: "This has been a nice little stretch where we could take what we learned the first weekend, build off the positives and try and correct a few things.  We've had some good practice time, we're looking forward to putting it into play during matches this weekend."
On playing two matches on the same day: "There are two parts two it.  We want to test our fitness — we feel good about it, but it's nice to give it a trial run — and we want to consistently work on our mental endurance, the ability to keep our concentration for long stretches of time.  The easy way to do that is with a doubleheader."

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