MOBILE, Ala. - The University of South Alabama men's tennis team (7-2) hits the courts this week to take on the New Orleans Privateers (6-5) on Tuesday, Feb. 26 and the Jackson State Tigers (2-14) on Wednesday, Feb. 27. 

The Jaguars are riding a seven-game win streak, coming off of a 4-2 match win over nationally ranked No. 45 Florida Atlantic on Sunday afternoon. South Alabama rallied back in that effort, after losing the doubles point verse the Owls the Jags won four singles matches. 

The Privateers have not played a match since Sunday, Feb. 10. New Orleans won that contest 7-0 over Prairie View A&M. Jackson State fell 2-4 to Alabama State on Saturday, Feb. 23.

DUEL INFORMATION
Opponent: New Orleans 
Date: Feb. 26 at 2 p.m. 
Place: Bruce David Lubel Memorial Courts.

DUEL INFORMATION
Opponent: Jackson State. 
Date: Feb. 27 at 1 p.m. 
Place: Bruce David Lubel Memorial Courts. 

NOTES
- The Jaguars boast the No. 16 ranked doubles pair of Loic Cloes and Clement Marzol, with Marzol coming in at No. 96 on the singles side. 
- South Alabama faced New Orleans last season on March 15. That Jaguars swept the match vs. the Pioneers, 7-0. Cloes, Santiago Di Loreto, Maxime Lapraille, and Sacha Modica all got singles wins in straight sets. Marzol didn't take the court for singles, but got the doubles win with Cloes. 
- The Jaguars last faced Jackson State on Feb. 16, 2017 in Mobile, Ala. South defeated the Tigers 7-0 in that match. 
- Marzol and Cloes are the only two current Jaguars that participated in that match, both defeated their singles opponents in straight sets and won their respective doubles matches. 

ON THE COURT FOR THE JAGS 
- Loic Cloes (Jr., Oreye, Belgium, 5-4 Singles, 5-4 Doubles) 
- Louis Delcour (Fr., Lille, France, 4-3 Singles, 0-2 Doubles) 
- Santiago Di Loreto (So., Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1-0 Singles, 1-5 Doubles) 
- Maxime Lapraille (So., Ophain, Belgium, 6-2 Singles, 2-3 Doubles)
- No. 96, Clement Marzol (Jr., Toulouse, France, 7-2 Singles, 4-4 Doubles) 
- Sacha Modica (Sr., London, England, 5-2 Singles, 4-1 Doubles) 
- Sam Serrano (Sr., Cartagena, Colombia, 3-5 Singles, 2-0 Doubles)

THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Nick Brochu
"We had a great win this weekend against a ranked team. We are looking to keep the momentum going. We struggled in doubles in the last few matches. We may try something new and try new teams this week. We need to keep on pushing hard. This week's matches will also give the opportunity for some of our other players to see some action."

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