MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama women's tennis team will host three consecutive home matches starting with Southern Miss on Thursday. 

MATCH INFORMATION
Date: 3/17
Place: Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts (Mobile, Ala.)
Time: 2 pm 

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

NOTES
- Before the match head coach Jaco Keyser will be recognized by South Alabama for his 300th career win earlier this season against Nicholls. 
- The teams have met 25 times with South's only loss to the Golden Eagles coming in February of last season at 4-3.
- Both Kohoutova and Van Der Merwe have eight dual wins for the season, however, Kohoutova also leads the Jags with nine doubles wins. 

LAST TIME WITH SOUTHERN MISS
- Fujioka and Kohoutova improved to 3-0 in doubles play at the No. 2 position.
- Aoki and Aina Bernabeu earned their second consecutive doubles win as a pair against the Golden Eagles (7-5).
- Kohoutova extended her winning streak in singles action to six matches, improving her overall record to 6-1. 
- Aoki improved to a 5-1 overall singles record, with her win coming in straight sets.

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