MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama men's tennis team (3-3) defeated Southern Mississippi, 4-3, at home on Saturday.
 

DOUBLES
- Loic Cloes and Clement Marzol started the day with a 6-2 victory over USM's Daniel Merker and Jorman Reyes.
- Olivier Gingras and Sacha Modica fell to the Golden Eagles' pair of Wen-Po Tseng and Chung Han Tsai 6-4.
- Santiago di Loreto and Lucas Gonzaldez fell to Tom Cecchetto and Mieszko Kwasniewski 6-4 as USM took the doubles point.
 
SINGLES
- Modica made quick work of his matchup on court no. 3 against Merker 6-0, 6-2 to take the first singles match of the day.
- Marzol continued the momentum for the Jags on court no. 2 with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Teeradon Tortrakul.
- Cloes won the third-straight singles match of the day for South Alabama as he defeated Ronit Bisht 6-3, 6-3 on court no. 1.
- USA fell in the next two singles matches with Gingras falling to Wen-Po Tseng 1-6, 7-5, 6-2 on court no. 4 and Gonzalez dropping a three-set match on court no. 5 to Reyes 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.
- Lapraille battled back after dropping the first set to defeat Mikhail Esipov to 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 to win the match for the Jags.
 
THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Nick Brochu
On doubles: "We knew Southern Miss would be very explosive in doubles. Our doubles was a little flat and we didn't come up with the big shots on big points."
 
On singles: "We regrouped in singles and had an excellent start. Winning the first set on four of the six courts gave us lots of confidence. One of our goals was to be positive and loud and our captains lead the way. Our newcomer Sacha (Modica) dominated his opponent and gave us a quick point. Sacha is turning into a key player for us. Even though they are only in their second season, Clement (Marzol) and Loic (Cloes) are playing like seniors. They played some great tennis at one and two today. We were dominating singles, but let Southern Miss back into the match and made things more complicated for us. I was glad to see how Max (Lapraille) fought. He was having a bad day, but was able to get the win for his team. Overall it was a good win and show how deep our lineup is."
 

UP NEXT
USA is scheduled to be back on the court Saturday against Southern Mississippi at home. The match is set to begin at noon.
 
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