MOBILE, Ala. - The University of South Alabama men's tennis team (10-2) travels to Florida for a three-match stretch, taking on No. 45 South Florida (8-5) on Friday, March 15, North Florida (5-8) on Saturday, March 16, and finishing up with No. 33 Central Florida (8-7) on Monday, March 18. 

South Alabama has won ten consecutive matches on the season. The Jaguars boast the No. 19 ranked duo of Loic Cloes and Clement Marzol on the doubles side according to the the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. 

The Jaguars will face a number of players ranked on the doubles and singles side this trip. South Florida has the No. 77 ranked pair of Alberto Barroso-Campos and Pierre Luquet, while Barroso-Campos ranks No. 29 in singles. Gabriel Decamps for Central Florida comes in at No. 18, he is the highest ranked individual among the four teams competing this weekend, while Alan Rubio of the Golden Knights sits at No. 122. 

MATCH INFORMATION
Opponent: No. 45 South Florida
Date: March 15, 2019 at 2 p.m.  
Place: UNF Tennis Complex, Jacksonville, Fla. 

MATCH INFORMATION
Opponent: North Florida
Date: March 16, 2019 at 10 a.m.  
Place: UNF Tennis Complex, Jacksonville, Fla.

MATCH INFORMATION
Opponent: No. 33 Central Florida
Date: March 18, 2019 at 5 p.m.  
Place: UCF Collegiate Tennis Center at the USTA National Campus, Orlando, Fla. 

NOTES
Jags defeated South Florida on March 27 last season on the road in Tampa, Fla., 6-1. Cloes, Marzol, Sacha Modica and Maxime Lapraille all won their singles matches against their respective Bulls opponents last season. 

South Florida has taken six of their last seven matches. Their lone loss in that stretch has come against No. 4 ranked Virginia. The Bulls defeated No. 38 Tulane, 4-3 on March 8.  

The Jags match against North Florida in 2018, scheduled for Feb. 11 was canceled and not made up. The two teams last played on Feb. 19, 2017, and the Jags took that match 4-3. Marzol and Cloes each defeated their singles opponents in that Jaguars victory. North Florida faces USF on Thursday before taking on the Jags, and recently fell to No. 49 Georgia State, 3-4 on March 1. 

South Alabama fell to UCF in their last meeting, 1-6 on March 12, 2017. Central Florida has won seven of their last nine, with five of those matches coming against nationally ranked opponents.
 
Jags last traveled to the Sunshine State for their first match of the 2019 spring season. The Jags fell 2-5 to Florida State in that matchup. 

ON THE COURT FOR THE JAGS 
Loic Cloes (Jr., Oreye, Belgium, 7-4 Singles, 7-4 Doubles) 
Louis Delcour (Fr., Lille, France, 7-3 Singles, 3-2 Doubles) 
Santiago Di Loreto (So., Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2-0 Singles, 2-7 Doubles) 
Maxime Lapraille (So., Ophain, Belgium, 9-2 Singles, 5-3 Doubles)
Clement Marzol (Jr., Toulouse, France, 8-2 Singles, 6-5 Doubles) 
Sacha Modica (Sr., London, England, 7-2 Singles, 4-2 Doubles) 
Sam Serrano (Sr., Cartagena, Colombia, 6-5 Singles, 3-0 Doubles)

THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Nick Brochu
"Going to Florida is going to be a big opportunity for us, and really good preparation because as soon as we come back we are starting our conference schedule. We will be facing three big teams in Florida, two of them ranked in the top 50; UCF being 33 and South Florida is on the rise at 45. We are still around the low 50s, so we are right there about to break the top 50. This trip is a great opportunity for us to increase our own team ranking, and our singles guys will be playing some ranked individuals as well." 

"The guys are excited, it's going to be spring break, we are going to be there for a long time. We are physically fit and thats what it takes to do well on a trip like this. So the guys are excited, we have been looking forward to this trip. It's probably one of the highlight of this season, one of the strongest parts of the schedule, something we have been looking forward too. The guys are excited to give it a shot. We are going to have to fight every single match, they will all be close, and we are going to keep on pushing and trying to improve."


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