BATON ROUGE, La. – Olivier Gringas and Lucas Gonzalez were in action on day two of the ITA Southern Regional Championships on Friday.
 
SINGLES
-Gingras def. Mex Rebol of Samford 6-3, 7-5, in the qualifying finals, but fell to LSU's Nikola Samardzic 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, in the round of 64 in the main draw.
-Gonzalez took down Troy's Antonio Selma 6-2, 6-4, in the main draw round of 64.
 
DOUBLES
-Gingras and Gonzalez defeated UNO's Niclas Kramer and Christian Fjeldstad, 8-3, in the main draw doubles round of 64.
 
NOTES
-Gonzalez will face Niclas Braun of Mississippi State in the main draw round of 32 Saturday morning.
-Loic Cloes will take on Mississippi State's Trevor Foshey Saturday in the main draw round of 32 in his first action of the tournament, while Clement Marzol opens the tournament in the same round against Southern Miss's Ronit Bisht.
-Cloes and Marzol open doubles action in the main draw round of 32 on Saturday against Hamish Stewart and Tim Reutzel of Tulane in the afternoon, and Gingras and Gonzalez will take on Jacksonville State's Jordi Blanchar and Guillermo Agost.

THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Nick Brochu
On Gingras in the round of 64: "Oli played a good match. Oli had a good strategy, but didn't make adjustments as he dropped the second set. He had his chances, but his opponent came up with big when it was 4-4 and took the match."
 
On Gonzalez in singles play: "Lucas played a solid match. His baseline play was stronger than his opponent's and he used it to his advantage. Lucas got a little too aggressive in the second set, but pulled it back together to close it out."
 
On Gingras and Gonzalez in doubles action: "It was a strange match where both teams struggled to hold serve. However, we changed our targets and closed out the match easily. It was a good start, but we will need a stronger start tomorrow."
 
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