Box Score (UTRGV) (PDF)
Box Score (TAMCC) (PDF)
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The University of South Alabama men's tennis team (6-4) took a pair of matches at the HEB Invitational against UTRGV, 4-1, and Texas A&M - Corpus Christi, 4-3, on Friday to advance to Saturday's championship match.
 
UTRGV
DOUBLES
- Sacha Modica and Olivier Gingras kicked off action at the tournament making quick work of UTRGV's Dennis Boisseau and Clement Sarradin without dropping a game, 6-0, on court 2.
- Santiago di Loreto and Lucas Gonzalez sealed the doubles point for the Jags defeating Elliot Johnstone and Mateo Schmit, 6-2 on court 3.
- Loic Cloes and Clement Marzol lead Koby Jansen and Yehonatan Kaufman, 5-4, as the match went unfinished on court 1.
 
SINGLES
- UTRGV's Johnstone defeated Gingras in straight sets 6-3, 6-4 to kickoff singles action on court 4.
- Modica proceeded to win on court 3 over Kaufman 6-0, 7-6.
- Cloes continued South Alabama's momentum as took down Boisseau on court 2 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.
- Max Lapraille sealed the match for USA with a 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 victory on court 6 over Sarradin.
- Marzol led 3-1 and Loreto led 5-2 in the third set on courts 1 and 5, respectively, before their matches went unfinished as the Jags had already sealed the win.
 
TAMCC
SINGLES
- The match against the Islanders began with singles action.
- Cloes took his match on court one over Francis Kellerman 6-1, 6-2 to start the match.
- Modica then defeated Thomas Rodrigues on court 3 6-1, 7-6 (7-5).
- Marzol placed the Jags a singles win away from clinching the match with a 6-2, 7-5 triumph over William Mottet on court 2.
- The Islanders rallied back with three consecutive singles victories over di Loreto in straight sets on court 6 and three-set wins over Gonzalez on court 4 and Lapraille on court 5.
 
DOUBLES
- Cloes and Marzol blew past Frankie Kellerman and Okie Kellerman 6-0 on court to take the first doubles match.
- Gonzalez and di Loreto won the doubles point and match for South Alabama 6-3 on court 3 over Carlos Pedrosa and Kyohei Yamanaka.

THEY SAID IT
Assistant Coach Juan Troglia
On the conditions: "Today's matches were definitely challenging. Corpus Chrisiti is always windy and makes the conditions a little more difficult to play."

On the match with UTRGV: "Gingras and Modica had a really good start with a 6-0 win on court 2 in doubles, with Gonzalez and di Loreto closing the doubles point for us on court 3. In singles, I didn't think we played well, however, the team as a whole fought hard and until the end to finish the match 4-1."

On the match in the afternoon against Corpus Christi: "They brought a lot of energy on the court. We started singles with our top-three guys taking their matches, but then we dropped our matches on courts 4, 5, and 6. We clinched the match in doubles with great play and wins on courts 1 and 3."

On the environment for the tournament: "The atmosphere throughout the afternoon was super intense and exciting where the guys showed great character and executed well under pressure. The guys are pumped to defend the HEB title tomorrow afternoon against UTSA."

UP NEXT
South Alabama returns to action at the HEB Invitational on Saturday to take on UTSA in the championship match at 12:30 p.m.
 
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