PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. – The No. 1 seed South Alabama women's tennis team is set to take on No. 5 seed Troy in the second round of the 2021 Sun Belt Conference Championships Friday at 11 a.m. (CT) at the Peachtree City Tennis Center in Peachtree City, Ga.

The Jaguars defeated the Trojans with a 5-2 decision on Feb. 24 at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts. USA has won 11 of the 14 matches against Troy since their first meeting in 2007 in Mobile.

MATCH INFORMATION – SOUTH ALABAMA AT TROY
Date: 4/16
Place: Peachtree City Tennis Center (Peachtree City, Ga.)
Match time: 11 a.m. (CT)
Live results: https://sunbeltsports.org/sports/2021/3/24/2021_WTen_Champ.aspx
Live coverage: https://www.espn.com/search/_/appearance/dark/type/upcoming/q/sun%20belt

ON THE COURT FOR THE JAGUARS
-Otoha Aoki, Fr., Komaki, Japan (14-2 singles, 14-2 doubles)
-Aina Domingo-Bernabeu, Fr., Barcelona, Spain (3-2 singles, 9-1 doubles)
-Yu Fujioka, Sr., Funabashi, Japan (12-4 singles, 11-7 doubles)
-Nikola Kohoutova, Sr., Kralupy nad Vltavou, Czech Republic (12-3 singles, 13-4 doubles)
-Diana Monsalve, Sr., Bogota, Colombia (4-5 singles, 0-0 doubles)
-Cami Moreno, Sr., Rosario, Sante Fe, Argentina (4-5 singles, 7-6 doubles)
-Milka Pasanen, Sr., Pieksämäki, Finland (4-4 singles, 2-5 doubles)
-Caraline Scheufler, So., Gulf Breeze, Fla. (2-2 singles, 0-1 doubles)
-Yurie Takanishi, Jr., Haracho, Japan (5-3 singles, 7-4 doubles)

NOTES
- Domingo-Bernabeu and Aoki are ranked No. 1 in conference doubles with an overall 7-0 record in doubles action.
- Aoki is currently top in the league in singles conference play, with an overall 9-0 record, while Kohoutova follows in second with an overall 7-0 record in singles conference action.
- Kohoutova was named this week's SBC Athlete of the week after being 2-0 in singles and doubles play last weekend against Georgia Southern and Georgia State.
- Fujioka's 6-1 singles conference record and .857 hitting percentage is the second-best in the Sun Belt at the No. 1 position.
- The Trojans went 8-10 in their regular season, led by Anastas Khrustaleva, who went 9-5 in singles this spring.

THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Jaco Keyser
- Heading into SBC Championships: "Super excited to get play underway Friday. I feel we have put in the hard work and mentally worked through some ups and downs this regular season. Every team at the tournament will be excited and have the intent to win, but not everyone will have the execution and mental endurance to succeed. Hopefully, we are the team that has substance in order to outlast the competition this weekend."

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