MOBILE, Ala. - The University of South Alabama men's tennis team (9-2) travels to Beaumont, Texas to take on the Lamar University Cardinals (4-10) in a dual match on Sunday morning at the Thompson Family Tennis Center. 

The Jaguars have won nine matches in a row, most recently shutting out Virginia Commonwealth 7-0 on the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Courts on March 6. Lamar, winners of two in a row, defeated Prairie View A&M in a doubleheader on March 8. 

South Alabama boasts the No. 19 ranked doubles pair of Loic Cloes and Clement Marzol. The duo is coming off of 6-3 win over their opponent in the match vs. VCU. 

MATCH INFORMATION
Opponent: Lamar University.
Date: March 10, 2019 at 9 a.m.  
Place: Thompson Family Tennis Center 

NOTES
- South Alabama and Lamar faced each other during the 2018 season on Feb. 13 in Mobile, Ala. The Jags won that contest 6-1. 
- Clement Marzol, Loic Cloes, Sacha Modica, and Maxime Lapraille all competed on the singles side in the match and defeated their opponents in straight sets. Santiago Di Loreto also competed on the doubles side with Lapraille; the pair's match went unfinished after the Jags won the point. 
- The Jags are 4-1 on the road, with its lone loss coming to Florida State to open the year. This will be their first match on the road since traveling to Middle Tennessee State on Feb. 17.

ON THE COURT FOR THE JAGS 
Loic Cloes (Jr., Oreye, Belgium, 7-4 Singles, 7-4 Doubles) 
Louis Delcour (Fr., Lille, France, 6-3 Singles, 2-2 Doubles) 
Santiago Di Loreto (So., Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2-0 Singles, 1-7 Doubles) 
Maxime Lapraille (So., Ophain, Belgium, 8-2 Singles, 4-3 Doubles)
No. 96, Clement Marzol (Jr., Toulouse, France, 8-2 Singles, 5-5 Doubles) 
Sacha Modica (Sr., London, England, 7-2 Singles, 4-2 Doubles) 
Sam Serrano (Sr., Cartagena, Colombia, 5-5 Singles, 3-0 Doubles)

THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Nick Brochu
"Guys are excited about this weekend. Of course, confidence is high, we're on a good streak. VCU is a pretty big win, they're an established program, and the guys played awesome. We played aggressive and we didn't give them any free points. That was the goal."

"The guys are looking forward to a good battle on Sunday. The goal for this weekend is to maintain the level we have regardless of who were playing, regardless of their ranking. We have to treat Lamar like they are a top 40 program, we have to get ready mentally, and we are ready physically. We have to make sure that we show up on Sunday and deliver 100 percent. This match is great preparation for our trip to Florida next weekend, where we will be facing three very strong opponents. This weekend is a good test, and will show us what we need to work on for Florida. We don't want to look past Lamar, they are a good program. If we play Jaguars tennis I think we are going to be fine." 

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