BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The South Alabama men's tennis team earned both a singles and a doubles bracket championship the final day of the CCB Collegiate Invitational hosted by Alabama.

Santiago di Loreto won in straight sets to claim the Houndstooth Singles Draw, while Samuel Serrano and Maxime Lapraille teamed up to win the White Doubles Draw in a tiebreaker.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Date: Nov. 4
Place: Birmingham Country Club

DOUBLES
- Serrano and Lapraille defeated top-seeded Chung Han Tsai and Mieszko Kwasniewski of Southern Mississippi, 8-7 (7-4)
- Middle Tennessee's Jacob Pugh and Stijn Slump claimed an 8-4 victory over di Loreto and Nathan Fruh in the third-place match of the Houndstooth Draw

SINGLES
- The No. 3 seed in the draw, di Loreto beat Samford's Max Rebol, 6-3, 6-4
- Serrano dropped his final match in the consolation bracket in the Crimson Draw, 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-4) to Tim Ruetzel of Tulane
- Lapraille was victorious over Tulane's Akos Kotorman — seeded second in the White Draw — 6-1, 0-6, 10-6 in a consolation match
- Fruh dropped his final consolation match in the Houndstooth Draw, 6-4, 5-7, 10-8, to Grant Kelly of Belmont

NOTES
- di Loreto had one fall singles victory entering the event before claiming three matches in three days.
- Lapraille has a 6-2 singles mark after winning three of four matches over the weekend.
- Serrano now has eight wins in singles, best on the team, while going 6-1 in doubles action this fall.

THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Nick Brochu
On the team's performance over the weekend: "It was a great day for the Jags.  The day started well with Max and Samuel bonding well to win the doubles tournament.  They played solid and close the net, it was impressive to see them play so well together since this was the first time they paired up.  Santiago finished the tournament really strong winning his bracket, beating a guy who beat him three weeks ago; that was good improvement!  He played some solid tennis all weekend.  I love to see consistency from match to match.  Max also finished the tournament on a good note with a close win against a good player.  Overall, we are very happy the way we competed; it was a good way to close the fall season for those four guys."

Up next: The Jaguars' double tandem of Loic Cloes and Clemont Marzol will compete at the ITA Fall Nationals in Surprize, Ariz., beginning on Wednesday.

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