MOBILE, Ala. – Coming off a doubleheader sweep on Saturday, the University of South Alabama women's tennis team is scheduled to face West Alabama Tuesday in a match that was postponed nearly two weeks ago.
The Jaguars and Tigers will meet at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts on Saturday with first serve scheduled for noon (CST).
MATCH INFORMATION
Date: 2/4 (Tuesday)
Opponent: West Alabama
Host: South Alabama
Place: Mobile, Ala.
Match time: Noon (CST)
ON THE COURT FOR THE JAGUARS
-Yu Fujioka (Jr., Funabashi, Japan; 2-2 singles, 2-1 doubles in dual matches)
-Nikola Kohoutova (Jr., Kralupy nad Vltavou, Czech Republic; 3-2 singles, 2-1 doubles)
-Diana Monsalve (Sr., Bogota, Colombia; 3-1 singles, 1-1 doubles)
-Cami Moreno (Jr., Rosario, Sante Fe, Argentina; 1-1 singles, 2-2 doubles)
-Milka Pasanen (Jr., Pieksämäki, Finland; 1-2 singles, 1-3 doubles)
-Leslie Soto (Sr., Santiago, Chile; 0-3 singles, 2-1 doubles)
-Yurie Takanishi (So., Haracho, Japan; 4-1 singles, 1-3 doubles)
-Juliette Talieu (Fr., Villemomble, France; 1-0 singles, 1-0 doubles)
NOTES
-The contest was originally scheduled to take place Jan. 23 but was put off due to inclement weather.
-It will not count officially for UWA, which dropped a 5-4 decision at Alabama State on Sunday in its 2020 spring debut.
-South enters the match with a 3-2 mark after defeating both UAB (4-1) and Alcorn State (6-0) last Saturday.
-The Jaguars have won three matches in a row dating back to a Jan. 19 victory over Middle Tennessee.
-USA won last year's match-up against the Tigers 6-1 on Feb. 13, at the time its seventh straight win to open the campaign.
THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Jaco Keyser
On Tuesday's match: "It's another opportunity for us to get better, to take what we do in practice and put it into matches. West Alabama has some good players, so it will be a good test for us."
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