Box Score
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. – The University of South Alabama men's tennis team cruises past Appalachian State 4-0 Saturday to reach its fifth straight Sun Belt Conference Championship Match.
 
DOUBLES
- No. 39 Loic Cloes and Clement Marzol started things off with a victory on court 1 over Scott Webster and Milo Bargeron 6-3.
- Lucas Gonzalez and Max Lapraille fell at No. 3 to Alex Brea and Campbell Stone 6-4.
- On court 2, Sacha Modica and Olivier Gingras took their match after winning in the tiebreak 7-6 (6-4) over Alex Pavkovich and Ben Webster to give the Jaguars the doubles point.

SINGLES
- Gingras started singles with a 6-1, 6-1 triumph at No. 5 over Stone.
- Cloes followed with a 6-4, 6-2 win on court 2 against Bargeron.
- Modica sealed the match for South Alabama on court 3 with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Ben Webster to send the Jags to the championship match.
- Marzol, Lapraille and Gonzalez each the won the first set of their matches, including Gonzalez coming back to take his first set 7-5 after being down 2-5.
 
NOTES
- The Jags are heading to their fifth consecutive championship match.
- South Alabama extended its record to 13-9 this season.
- With his victory on court 2, Cloes is now 19-1 this season in duals.
- The Jags have now shutout four opponents this season.

THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Nick Brochu
On the win over Appalachian State: "I think we started really good in doubles. We were aggressive and took the lead. Then we got into a position to clinch doubles and it didn't go our way. We had two match points and couldn't close the door on them. We got a little tight and went into the tiebreaker relaxed. We did what were supposed to do, executed well and got the doubles point. I'm happy with how the guys reacted to the pressure. If doesn't work the first time, roll up your sleeves, go to work and try to make it happen."
 
Looking ahead to Georgia State: "It's fun to play Georgia State. We played them twice last year, once in the regular season and then in the conference final. It's like a rematch from last year. We respect those guys. They are great competitors. When we played them it was a clean match. We are both great competitors. It's going to be an awesome match. We know each other well. We've been looking forward to this match all season and I know they've been looking forward to this match as well. I think tomorrow we will be going indoors. So it's going to be very loud and an awesome Sun Belt final."
 
On what it would mean to win a championship: "This is what you work for the whole season. It even starts during the summer. Last year wasa great final. All 12 players played hard. It came down to the last match and point. They beat us 7-5 in the third. As soon as you lose, you start thinking about the following year. You want to put yourself into a position of a rematch and this is what we've been doing. We went through a hard first round and today was hard because we had all the pressure as the favorite. App State played well as a program and are always improving. We took care of business today and put ourselves in a position of what we want, to win a championship. It's going to be a battle."


UP NEXT
The Jags will face Georgia State in a rematch of last season's championship match Sunday at 1 p.m. (C.T.)  
 
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