MOBILE, Ala. - The University of South Alabama men's tennis team will begin Sun Belt conference action with weekend matches against Appalachian State and Coastal Carolina Saturday and Sunday, respectively, at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts.
The Jags enter the weekend tied for fourth in the conference and wrapped up their non-conference slate with a 10-5 record. The Jaguars boast the No. 35 ranked doubles pair of Loic Cloes and Clement Marzol, the duo is the only ranked doubles team or singles player who will take to the courts in Mobile this weekend.
This is the first season that the men's tennis program will face a full Sun Belt slate in the regular season.
MATCH INFORMATION
Opponent: Appalachian State.
Date: March 23, 2019 at 10 a.m.
Place: Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts.
NOTES
Appalachian State is 4-11 on the season and sits in last place of the eight men's Sun Belt Tennis programs.
The Mountaineers have lost two matches in a row entering their match against the Jaguars, with their last win coming on March 7 vs. Norfolk State, 4-2.
South Alabama and App State last met in the semifinals of the 2018 Sun Belt Conference championships in Peachtree City, Ga. The Jags won that match 4-0 and advanced to the finals. Sacha Modica and Oliver Gingras won the doubles point for South with a 7-6 win over their opponents. Cloes and Modica won their singles matches as the Jags completed the clean sweep.
MATCH INFORMATION
Opponent: Coastal Carolina.
Date: March 24, 2019 at 11 a.m.
Place: Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts.
NOTES
Coastal Carolina will face the Troy Trojans on Saturday in Troy, Ala., before heading to Mobile for their Sunday matchup with the Jags.
The Chanticleers enter their match with Troy at 10-5, tied with South Alabama for fourth in the Sun Belt Standings.
This will be the first time since Coastal joined the Sun Belt that the two men's tennis programs will face off.
ON THE COURT FOR THE JAGS
Loic Cloes (Jr., Oreye, Belgium, 10-4 Singles, 8-6 Doubles)
Louis Delcour (Fr., Lille, France, 8-5 Singles, 4-3 Doubles)
Santiago Di Loreto (So., Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2-0 Singles, 2-7 Doubles)
Maxime Lapraille (So., Ophain, Belgium, 9-4 Singles, 6-4 Doubles)
Clement Marzol (Jr., Toulouse, France, 8-4 Singles, 6-5 Doubles)
Sacha Modica (Sr., London, England, 7-5 Singles, 5-5 Doubles)
Sam Serrano (Sr., Cartagena, Colombia, 8-6 Singles, 6-4 Doubles)
THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Nick Brochu
"It will be so good to be playing at home. We have been traveling a lot lately. I think the goal this weekend is to maintain the level of play we had this past weekend in Florida. We just had three great battles against teams that are ranked, two of them being in the top 50. We played some high level tennis. It's important to maintain that level regardless of who we're playing."
"Were getting closer to the conference championship. "This weekend, Appalachian State and Coastal Carolina are two teams we could potentially see at the conference tournament. I think we learned a lot from the Florida trip. We learned about dealing with more pressure in tough situations. Hopefully it will serve us well. We have never faced Coastal since they joined the conference so were excited to play them. App State, we played them in the semifinals of the conference tournament last season. Being an indoor team they are probably going to be aggressive, and play some great doubles. But we have to play our game, grind, and take our time. We need to establish our game and we're excited to play at home."
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