MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The University of South Alabama women's tennis program will take part in the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic, an event featuring top teams from across the nation.

The Jaguars will open play at the tournament with a quarterfinal match-up against Princeton — who stands fifth in the Oracle/ITA rankings released on Tuesday — that is set to begin at 12:30 p.m. (CST) Friday at O'Connor Tennis Center.

MATCH INFORMATION
Date: 2/21 (Friday)
Opponent: Princeton
Place: Montgomery, Ala.
Match time: 12:30 p.m. (CST)
Tournament link: http://www.bluegraytennis.com/

ON THE COURT FOR THE JAGUARS
-Yu Fujioka (Jr., Funabashi, Japan; 4-3 singles, 3-2 doubles in dual matches)
-Nikola Kohoutova (Jr., Kralupy nad Vltavou, Czech Republic; 6-2 singles, 3-2 doubles)
-Diana Monsalve (Sr., Bogota, Colombia; 5-2 singles, 1-1 doubles)
-Cami Moreno (Jr., Rosario, Sante Fe, Argentina; 1-3 singles, 4-2 doubles)
-Milka Pasanen (Jr., Pieksämäki, Finland; 1-3 singles, 4-3 doubles)
-Leslie Soto (Sr., Santiago, Chile; 2-3 singles, 4-1 doubles)
-Yurie Takanishi (So., Haracho, Japan; 6-2 singles, 4-3 doubles)
-Juliette Talieu (Fr., Villemomble, France; 1-0 singles, 1-0 doubles)

NOTES
-The tournament field also includes Alabama, Arizona, #31 Auburn, SMU, #19 Wake Forest and Yale.
-Play will continue on Friday with doubles action in the semifinal and consolation semifinal rounds, with the winner of the match between the Jaguars and Tigers facing the victor of the Alabama/Yale quarterfinal pairing.
-Action on Saturday will feature singles play from each team's second match as well a third match in either the championship or consolation rounds.
-The Jags begin the weekend with a 5-3 record after defeating Xavier (La.) 6-1 in their last outing on Friday.
-Princeton comes into the match 7-1 with three victories this spring over top-20 opponents.
-Harvard is the only member of the Ivy League the Jaguars have ever faced, with South going 1-2 against the Crimson; the two schools last met Feb. 11, 2006.

THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Jaco Keyser
On the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic: "We're looking forward to the tournament, I feel like we are playing with nothing to lose; even in the worst-case scenario, this is unbelievably good preparation for the Sun Belt Conference schedule coming up.  If we can get a couple of wins from a team or individual standpoint, it could really help our growth as a group as we move forward."

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