Box Score
MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama men's tennis team (4-3) cruised to a 4-0 shout of Samford at home on Friday. The Jags are 4-0 at home and are on a three-game win streak.
 
DOUBLES
- Loic Cloes and Olivier Gingras kicked off the match with a 6-2 victory over Samford's Jake Faudez and Eduarod Lourido on court no.1.
- Clement Marzol and Max Lapraille took the doubles point for the Jags taking their matchup over the Bulldogs' Rossouw Norval and Aleksander Petrovic on court no. 2.
- Santiago di Loreto and Lucas Gonzaldez were leading 6-5 when their match was stopped.
 
SINGLES
- Gonzalez started singles action with a straight set 6-3, 6-1, win over Petrovic on court no. 4.
- Cloes made quick work of Samford's Justin Ghavami 6-3, 6-2 on court no. 1.
- Lapraille closed out the match for South Alabama with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Hugo Moreira on court no. 5.
- Marzol and Gingras were leading in their matches when they were stopped and di Loreto dropped his first set, but was leading 5-0 in the second when it was stopped.
 
THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Nick Brochu
Opening statement: "I liked. I liked the way we played doubles. We tried new combinations. We had one guy out today. I liked the way the guys reacted. The chemistry and energy were there. That was the number one goal to get off to a fast start against those guys. We said if we had a quick start, things would look pretty good. The second goal was to not lay off if we took the lead. The guys won the first set and kept putting the pressure on. I like wat I saw today."
 
On getting on the road: "We got Georgia State tomorrow on the road and then we go to the H.E.B in Texas. The guys are excited to get on the road. It's a different challenge when you're on the road. Sometimes you are a little more focused since the whole team is together 24/7. The guys are excited. Woth Georgia State, we played them last year at the end of season in the conference final. It's a big rivalry between us. We have a lot of new players; they have the same it will be exciting to see how they do."
 
Sophomore Loic Cloes
On the team's performance: "The team played good. Before the match, we said we have to be solid today because tomorrow at Georgia State it will be a tough match. We focused on the game and played well today."
 
UP NEXT
South Alabama has a quick turnaround as they head to Atlanta to play Georgia State tomorrow afternoon.
 
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