MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama men's tennis team travels to Gainesville, Fla., to take part in the ITA Kickoff. The Jags will face the University of Florida on Saturday, and will face either South Florida or Pepperdine on Sunday.
 
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Dates: January 27-28
Place: Gainesville, Fla.
Host: University of Florida
Teams: Florida, Pepperdine, South Alabama, South Florida
 
NOTES
- USA defeated Xavier (La.) last weekend 6-1 at home in Mobile.
- South Alabama did not face any of the teams last season.
- The Gators are 1-0 coming off a victory against Central Florida last week, 6-1.
- Freshman Maxime Lapraille picked up his first win at USA in his first match last week.
- Sophomore Loic Cloes sports an 8-3 singles and doubles record this season.
- Senior Olivier Gingras is 7-3 in singles, while sophomore Clement Marzol is 6-3 and freshman Santiago di Loreto is 6-4.
 
THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Nick Brochu
On the weekend: "The good thing about going into this weekend is everybody is healthy. It'll be a plus to have Clement (Marzol) back in the lineup and Loic (Cloes) is back at 100 percent. In our match against Xavier (La.) last weekend, we were able to identify what to work on and we tried different doubles pairings. The guys are very excited. We have to look at this weekend a match a time and like it's just another match, even though Florida is a big team and they're nationally ranked and we are playing at their house. We go out there and we have nothing to lose. We are going to go out there and give everything we have. I told the guys we have to do everything we can to put ourselves in a position to win. From that point on it's either going to happen or it's not going to happen. You win some, you lose some, but a least if we can do our job to put chances on our side, do the right thing and make the right shot decision, we will have done our part."
 
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