MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama women's tennis team (3-0) will have four matches – one home, three road – on the schedule this week, starting Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. against West Alabama at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts.
The Jaguars will hit the roads for the first time this season on Thursday as they take on Southern Mississippi (1-1) at 2 p.m. in Hattiesburg, Miss., and then travel to Birmingham, Ala. to face Samford (2-4) on Saturday at 10 a.m. and UAB (2-3) on Sunday at 10 a.m.
MATCH INFORMATION – SOUTH ALABAMA VS. WEST ALABAMA
Date: 2/17
Place: Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts (Mobile, Ala.)
Match time: 12:30 p.m.
MATCH INFORMATION – SOUTH ALABAMA AT SAMFORD
Date: 2/20
Place: Samford Tennis Center (Birmingham, Ala.)
Match time: 10 a.m.
MATCH INFORMATION – SOUTH ALABAMA AT UAB
Date: 2/21
Place: Lakeshore Tennis Courts (Birmingham, Ala.)
Match time: 10 a.m.
ON THE COURT FOR THE JAGUARS
-Otoha Aoki, Fr., Komaki, Japan (3-0 singles, 3-0 doubles)
-Aina Bernabeu, Fr., Barcelona, Spain (0-0 singles, 0-0 doubles)
-Yu Fujioka, Sr., Funabashi, Japan (3-0 singles, 2-1 doubles)
-Nikola Kohoutova, Sr., Kralupy nad Vltavou, Czech Republic (1-1 singles, 2-0 doubles)
-Diana Monsalve, Sr., Bogota, Colombia (1-0 singles, 0-0 doubles)
-Cami Moreno, Sr., Rosario, Sante Fe, Argentina (2-0 singles, 3-0 doubles)
-Milka Pasanen, Sr., Pieksämäki, Finland (2-0 singles, 2-1 doubles)
-Caraline Scheufler, So., Gulf Breeze, Fla. (1-1 singles, 0-0 doubles)
-Yurie Takanishi, Jr., Haracho, Japan (2-0 singles, 3-0 doubles)
-Juliette Talieu, So., Villemomble, France (1-0 singles, 1-0 doubles)
NOTES
- South heads into Saturday's match with a 3-0 record after defeating Southeastern Louisiana 7-0 last weekend.
- Aoki, Takanishi, Moreno and Kohoutova each recorded victories in singles and doubles play in their last contests.
- Aoki and Fujioka each advanced to 3-0 in singles action this season.
- Monsalve kept West Alabama off the board after clinching the match with a 3-6, 6-1, 10-4 victory for the Jags in last season's meeting between the two teams.
- South Alabama holds the lead in the all-time series as follows: West Alabama (2-0), Southern Mississippi (8-0), Samford (6-2) and UAB (7-0).
THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Jaco Keyser
- On this week's matches: "We have great opportunities to continue establishing great match playing habits and routines. Hopefully, the weather cooperates, and we will be able to get in some much needed court time."
 
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