MOBILE, Ala. — The University of South Alabama men's tennis team (8-2) plays host to Virginia Commonwealth (8-4) on Wednesday, March 6 at noon on the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts. 

After losing their first two matches of the season the Jaguars have won eight in a row, most recently defeating Jackson State 7-0 on Feb. 27. South Alabama enters the match ranked No. 56 by the ITA, while VCU comes into town ranked No. 81. 

Virginia Commonwealth is riding a four-game win streak entering their Tuesday match with William Carey, their last loss came on Feb. 9 in a 4-3 contest with Penn. 

The Jaguars boast the No. 16 ranked doubles parking of Loic Cloes and Clement Marzol. Marzol sits at No. 96 in the ITA on the singles side. VCU does not have any individual ranked players on their squad. 

MATCH INFORMATION
Opponent: Virginia Commonwealth 
Date: March 6, 2019 at 12 p.m. 
Place: Bruce David Lubel Memorial Courts.

NOTES
- South Alabama and Virginia Commonwealth last met on March 14, 2011 in Richmond, Va. VCU entered that match as the 53rd ranked team in the country, and defeated the Jags 6-0. 
- Marzol sat out the singles session against Jackson State last week, he is 7-2 on the season and has won his last seven singles matches. 
- Louis Delcour picked up his first doubles win for the Jaguars against Jackson State last week. The freshman was paired up with Maxime Lapraille. 

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

THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Nick Brochu
"VCU is a great team, always competitive year in and year out. This year, it is going to be great to have them at home; we have played them in the past, but always on the road. VCU has always been an aggressive team, they fight very well. Every year they have a few upsets. That's why they are always in the rankings. Tomorrow we really have to play some big tennis. We have to act like it's the first match of the season, and we have to be ready and play big." 

"I think it is going to be a big test to see where we are at. I'm really happy with the first half of the season right now. It's going to be a big test, to see if we are able to show up week in and week out. We have to make sure that we don't underestimate them, even though we are the favorites in this match. Doubles is important, we have been winning a lot of singles matches lately, but doubles has not been our thing. We have been working on that, and tomorrow we hope that everything is clicking and take the doubles point. It's only one point but it's a good mental point. Tomorrow, the guys are excited to play VCU and we have to keep the ball rolling."  

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