BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The University of South Alabama men's tennis team took both matches in today's doubleheader vs. UAB and Samford on the Samford Tennis Courts in Birmingham, Ala.
After losing the doubles point for the first time all year vs. UAB, the Jaguars rallied back in singles for a 4-2 win over the Blazers in the morning match. Sam Serrano defeated Giovani Pasini 6-2 in the decisive third set to seal the point and match for the Jags.
After a short break, South Alabama was right back at it taking on the Samford Bulldogs. Louis Delcour earned his second win of the season and clinched the match for the Jaguars.
South Alabama improves to 4-2 on the year, and has now won four matches in a row.
Vs. UAB, Win 4-2
DOUBLES
(1) Postolka/Lusovsky (UAB) def. No 11. Cloes/Marzol (USA) - 6-2.
(2) Pasini/Manchev (UAB) def. Modica/Lapraille (USA) - 6-3.
(3) Janko/van Kleef (UAB) vs. Serrano/Di Loreto (USA) - 5-4, unfinished.
Order of finish: (1,2)
SINGLES
(1) No. 95. Clement Marzol (USA) def. Roman Postolka (UAB) - 7-6, 6-2.
(2) Sacha Modica (USA) def. Daniel Janko (UAB) - 2-6, 7-6, 6-2.
(3) Loic Cloes (USA) def. Nikolai Manchev (UAB) - 6-1, 6-1.
(4) Michal Lusovsky (UAB) def. Max Lapraille (USA) - 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.
(5) Sam Serrano (USA) def. Giovani Pasini (UAB) 6-7, 6-2, 6-2**
(6) Tom el Safadi (UAB) vs. Louis Delcour (USA) - 6-4, 3-6, 0-1, unfinished.
Order of finish: (3,1,2,4,5)
Vs. SAMFORD, Win 5-1
DOUBLES
(1) No 11. Cloes/Marzol (USA) vs. Norval/Lyttle (SAM) - 5-4.
(2) Modica/Serrano (USA) def. Petrovic/Rebol (SAM) - 6-4.
(3) Di Loreto/Lapraille win be default, Samford did not field a third doubles team.
Order of finish: (3,2)
SINGLES
(1) Sacha Modica (USA) def. Rossouw Norval (SAM) - 6-3, 6-3.
(2) No. 95. Clement Marzol def. Sami Kirberg (SAM) - 6-0, 6-4.
(3) Loic Cloes def. Aleksandar Petrovich (SAM) - 6-4, 6-4.
(4) Max Rebol (SAM) def. Sam Serrano (USA) - 6-4, 7-5.
(5) Louis Delcour (USA) def. Jack Little (SAM) - 6-4, 6-0.
(6) Santiago Di Loreto win by default.
Order of finish: (6,2,5,4,3,1)
NOTES
- No. 95 ranked singles player Clement Marzol improves to 3-2 on the season.
- The No. 11 ranked doubles team of Loic Cloes/Marzol lost their first match of the season to the duo from UAB, and are now 4-1 on the season.
UP NEXT
The Jaguars head to Murfreesboro, Tenn., for a match with the Belmont Bruins on Saturday, Feb. 16 at 2 p.m.
QUOTES
Head Coach Nick Brochu
On the day: "It was a very long, cold day, but we got it done. It started rough by dropping the doubles point against UAB. Playing indoors was hard because UAB has powerful players who grew up playing indoors. We really had to dig deep and win many matches in three sets. Since we only had three courts to play on, the match took five hours!! It was mentally draining, but we pulled out the W! We only had two hours to regroup and play Samford. The guys did a great job at getting pumped and aggressive from the first point. Our top guys showed a lot of leadership by getting us on the board early. We showed a lot of character today since it was a physical challenge. I'm happy with the way we closed the day."
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