TULSA, Okla. – Juniors Clement Marzol and Loic Cloes fell in the quarterfinals in doubles at the Saint Francis Health System ITA Men's All-American Saturday (Oct. 6) as they were eliminated from the tournament on a rainy-day in Tulsa.
 
Marzol picked up his third singles victory over a top-75 opponent during the week in consolation singles before being eliminated in the quarterfinals.
 
Quarterfinals Doubles
No. 6 Cloes and Marzol faced off against Florida's Andy Andrade and Oliver Crawford. The Gator pairing took the opening set in a tiebreak 7-6 (7-4). In the second, the Jags picked up a big break point and held serve to even the score at 5-5. The Florida pairing held serve and took the set 7-5 with a breakpoint to win the match.
 
Round of 16 Consolation Singles
No. 83 Cloes faced No. 11 Johannes Ingildsen of Florida. Cloes jumped out to a 4-1 lead as rain fell and moved the match indoors. The junior Jag finished off the opening set 6-4. Ingildsen rebounded and took the next two sets 6-1, 6-1 to take the match.
 
No. 122 Marzol squared off against No. 34 Ferran Calvo of Oklahoma. After taking the first set 7-5, Marzol was up 3-1 after taking a breakpoint in the second. The next game Calvo was looking at breaking back with three tries at a breakpoint, but Marzol held him off to take a 4-1. Calvo captured a breakpoint and held serve to tie the set at 5-5. However, Marzol held his composure holding his serve and winning the set and match on a breakpoint, 7-5.
 
Quarterfinals Consolation Singles
In the quarterfinals, Marzol fell to North Carolina's Brian Cernoch 6-2, 4-6, 6-0.

THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Nick Brochu
On the day and singles matches: "It was a crazy day today with the on and off rain. We went from outside to inside to go back outside and finish inside. Mentally it's tiring to keep switching environment, but the guys did good. They fought hard. Loic had a good battle this morning but got a little too anxious after the first set. Clem had a great match. The turning point of the match is when Clem saved a set point at 4-5 deuce. After that, he went on a streak. He showed a lot of toughness against this competitor from Oklahoma. Clem has to come back two hours later to battle again. He did great but ran out of juice in the 3rd set. It was his 8th match of the tournament. But I'm so proud of both players."
 
On doubles: " This loss hurts. We actually played better than them, but we couldn't finish the set. We had many break points in the first, including two set points. We also served for the set. Florida was tough and they never gave up. It's almost like it wasn't meant to be for us today. It hurts tremendously when you walk away with a loss but feel like you played better. Sometimes you need a little luck to help you. Nonetheless, I'm so proud of those two guys. They have learned a lot this week and represented South Alabama so well against all those power five schools."
 
UP NEXT
The Jags continue action this week at the Samford Invitational Oct. 12 through Oct. 14
 
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