MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama women's tennis team will participate in the ITA Southern Regional tournament hosted by the University of Alabama beginning on Thursday. 

MATCH INFORMATION
Tournament Name: ITA Southern Regional
Host: Alabama
Dates: 10/14 – 10/19
Place: The University of Alabama Tennis Stadium
Teams: Alabama, Alcorn State, Auburn, Jacksonville State, Louisiana Lafayette, Louisiana Monroe, Louisiana Tech, LSU, McNeese State, Mississippi State, Northwestern State, Ole Miss, Samford, Southern Miss, UAB, Troy and Tulane

ON THE COURT FOR THE JAGUARS
- Otoha Aoki (So., Komaki, Japan)
- Yu Fujioka (Sr., Funabashi, Japan)
- Delien Klienhans (Fr. Bloemfontein, South Africa)
- Nikola Kohoutova (Sr., Kralupy nad Vltavou, Czech Republic)
- Milka Pasanen (Sr., Pieksämäki, Finland)
- Caraline Scheufler (Jr., Gulf Breeze, Fla.)
- Yurie Takanishi (Sr., Haracho, Japan)
- Luminita Tutunaru (Jr., Targu-Jiu, Romania)
- Lara van der Merewe (So., Potchefstroom, South Africa) 

SCHEDULE
- Thursday: 9 a.m. – Qualifying Singles Rounds
- Friday:  8 a.m. – Qualifying Round of 16 Singles– eight people will advance to the main draw
  Main Draw Doubles and Singles Round of 64
- Saturday: 9 a.m. – Doubles Round of 32/ Doubles Round of 16/ Singles Round of 32
- Sunday: 9 a.m. – Singles Round of 16 / Singles Quarterfinals /Doubles Quarterfinals
- Monday: 9 a.m. – Singles and Doubles Semifinal
- Tuesday: 9 a.m. – Singles and Doubles Finals

NOTES
- Pasanen, Scheufler and Takanishi will begin play on Thursday at 9 a.m. in the qualifying singles round.
- Aoki, Fujioka, Klienhans, Kohoutova, Tutunaru and van der Merewe will begin in the main draw starting at 8 a.m. on Friday.
- All doubles matches for the Jags will be played in the main draw.
- Live results will be updated throughout each day with live scoring starting in the round of 16 in both singles and doubles. 

THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Jaco Keyser
-On the ITA Regional: "Training sessions have been great. Our fitness is moving in the right direction but match play, if approached with the right mindset, is where we could make the greatest gains. This weekend is a great opportunity to improve as we keep building toward January and the start of the season."

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