MOBILE, Ala. – The South Alabama men's tennis team opens the fall season at the Thomasville Invitational. They will send four players to play across three days Sept. 14-16.
 
TRAVELING PLAYERS
- So. Max Lapraille
- So. Santiago di Loreto
- So. Collin Scheuffler
- Jr. Ezra Blissard
 
NOTES
- Lapraille played the majority of his singles matches at the No. 6 position last season accumulating 13 victories in 19 decisions.
- Di Loreto returns to South Alabama for his second season after recording 11 wins in doubles play and seven in singles action.
- Blissard joins the Jaguars as a transfer from Itawamba Community College. Last season he reached the No. 2 doubles semifinals and the quarterfinals of No. 1 singles in the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges and National Junior College Athletic Association Region 23 tournaments.
 
THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Nick Brochu
On the Thomasville Invitational: "It's the first tournament of the year and it's on clay. We like to send younger guys there because points will be longer on clay and they have to work on building the point and being patient. It's a fun, small tournament. The guys will play a lot of tennis in three days and it will be good preparation for the fall."
 
On Blissard and Fruh: "From Nathan and Ezra, we are looking for them to have a lot of match. I think they need some more match play to get some more experience." 
 
On di Loreto: "I think last year Santiago earned a lot. For him, it's the more matches he plays the better he gets. We're trying to get him to play a lot of tournaments so in the spring he'll be ready.
 
On Lapraille: "Max has proven his spot in the lineup already. We're sending him there to comeback with great results."

NOTE: Nathan Fruh was originally slated to go as part of the group of four, but had to pull out and Scheuffler took his place.
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