MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama women's tennis teams plays host to Samford Saturday in its final match prior to the start of Sun Belt Conference action.

First serve at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts is set for 10 a.m. (CST).

MATCH INFORMATION
Date: 2/29 (Saturday)
Opponent: Samford
Host: South Alabama
Place: Mobile, Ala.
Match time: 10 a.m. (CST)

ON THE COURT FOR THE JAGUARS
-Yu Fujioka (Jr., Funabashi, Japan; 4-4 singles, 3-3 doubles in dual matches)
-Nikola Kohoutova (Jr., Kralupy nad Vltavou, Czech Republic; 7-2 singles, 3-3 doubles)
-Diana Monsalve (Sr., Bogota, Colombia; 5-3 singles, 1-1 doubles)
-Cami Moreno (Jr., Rosario, Sante Fe, Argentina; 1-5 singles, 5-3 doubles)
-Milka Pasanen (Jr., Pieksämäki, Finland; 1-5 singles, 4-5 doubles)
-Leslie Soto (Sr., Santiago, Chile; 2-4 singles, 5-2 doubles)
-Yurie Takanishi (So., Haracho, Japan; 6-5 singles, 4-5 doubles)
-Juliette Talieu (Fr., Villemomble, France; 1-0 singles, 1-0 doubles)

NOTES
-The Jaguars fell in all three matches at the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic last weekend and are now 5-6.
-Samford defeated Murray State 4-3 on Sunday to improve to 5-4.
-The two programs have played one common opponent this spring, UAB — the Jaguars earned a 4-1 victory over the Blazers on Feb. 1 while the Bulldogs dropped a 4-3 decision at home Feb. 19.
-South and Samford have met each of the last six years, with the Jags taking the last five matchups including a 4-1 win in Birmingham on Feb. 10 last season.
-USA holds a 13-2 advantage in the all-time series, and has won all six meetings between the two programs in Mobile.

THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Jaco Keyser
On facing Samford: "We play them a lot, they always compete really hard.  It's our final non-conference match and our last opportunity to fine-tune our match play before we have a two-week break.  We're really looking forward to it."

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