MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama women's tennis program is scheduled to play the last of five straight matches at home when Xavier (La.) visits on Friday.

Action at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts is set to get underway at 2 p.m. (CST).

MATCH INFORMATION
Date: 2/14 (Friday)
Opponent: Xavier (La.)
Host: South Alabama
Place: Mobile, Ala.
Match time: 2 p.m. (CST)

ON THE COURT FOR THE JAGUARS
-Yu Fujioka (Jr., Funabashi, Japan; 3-3 singles, 3-1 doubles in dual matches)
-Nikola Kohoutova (Jr., Kralupy nad Vltavou, Czech Republic; 5-2 singles, 3-1 doubles)
-Diana Monsalve (Sr., Bogota, Colombia; 4-2 singles, 1-1 doubles)
-Cami Moreno (Jr., Rosario, Sante Fe, Argentina; 1-2 singles, 3-2 doubles)
-Milka Pasanen (Jr., Pieksämäki, Finland; 1-3 singles, 3-3 doubles)
-Leslie Soto (Sr., Santiago, Chile; 1-3 singles, 3-1 doubles)
-Yurie Takanishi (So., Haracho, Japan; 5-2 singles, 3-3 doubles)
-Juliette Talieu (Fr., Villemomble, France; 1-0 singles, 1-0 doubles)

NOTES
-The Jaguars enter the match with a 4-3 mark after North Florida snapped their four-match win streak last weekend.
-Xavier — currently No. 3 in the NAIA rankings — is 2-0 with wins over Loyola (N.O.) and Mississippi College this spring.
-South has defeated the Gold Nuggets at home each of the last three seasons.
-The Jags are 5-0 against XULA all time, with the last four meetings between the two teams taking place in Mobile.
-Fujioka and Kohoutova have won singles matches against the Gold Nuggets in USA's victories the last two seasons.

THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Jaco Keyser
On Friday's match: "It's the same old thing.  I feel like we are pretty close to turning the corner, these next couple of matches are going to be a great opportunity to keep on getting better as we build toward our [Sun Belt] conference schedule."

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