MOBILE, Ala. - The University of South Alabama men's tennis team takes to the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Courts one final time for the 2019 spring season on Saturday, April 13 at 10 a.m. when they play host to the Troy Trojans in the regular season finale. 

The Jaguars are 14-6 overall and 4-1 in Sun Belt play heading into the match with the Trojans. South Alabama is in second place in the league standings, trailing first place Georgia State by one match. 

South Alabama will recognize senior's Sacha Modica and Sam Serrano on the court before the match. Modica comes into Saturday with an overall record of 29-11 in singles and 20-15 in doubles during his two years with the Jaguars. Serrano has spent one year at South and has complied a 20-13 overall singles record and a 15-6 doubles mark.

MATCH INFORMATION
Opponent: Troy 
Date: April 13, 2019 at 10 a.m.
Place: Bruce David Lubel Memorial Courts  

NOTES
South Alabama and Troy faced off on March 10 last season, with the Jags taking the match 4-1. Clement Marzol, Loic Cloes, and Modica won their matches on courts one, two, and three respectively in straight sets. The No. 53 ranked duo of Marzol and Cloes also defeated their doubles on court one, but the Jags fell in the doubles point to the Trojans. 

Troy comes into the match in a tie for last place among the eight Sun Belt men's tennis programs with a 1-5 record in league play, with their lone win coming against Appalachian State, 6-1. The Trojans sit at 16-6 overall for the season, having started out the spring with 10 wins in a row. 

The Trojans have two singles players with a winning record in Sun Belt Play. Pelayo Antuna, playing primarily on court one, has a 3-1 conference record and is 14-2 on the spring. Christopher Tasker is 3-1 in league play and is 13-4 on the season playing primarily on courts four and five. The other five players who have seen action are a combined 5-15 in Sun Belt competition. 

ON THE COURT FOR THE JAGS 
Loic Cloes (Jr., Oreye, Belgium, 15-4 Singles, 10-9 Doubles) 
Louis Delcour (Fr., Lille, France, 11-6 Singles, 7-4 Doubles) 
Santiago Di Loreto (So., Buenos Aires, Argentina, 3-0 Singles, 4-8 Doubles) 
Maxime Lapraille (So., Ophain, Belgium, 12-5 Singles, 9-4 Doubles)
Clement Marzol (Jr., Toulouse, France, 9-6 Singles, 7-9 Doubles) 
Sacha Modica (Sr., London, England, 9-6 Singles, 8-6 Doubles) 
Sam Serrano (Sr., Cartagena, Colombia, 12-7 Singles, 8-6 Doubles)

UP NEXT
The Jaguars will head to Peachtree City, Ga., for the Sun Belt Championships set to begin on Friday, April 19. 

THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Nick Brochu
On Troy: "We haven't seen Troy yet this year. They have a new coach, I know they're going to be ready because he is a good coach. But at the same time, it's a new team. I think there are only three players from last year's squad. We really have to get ready. We are not going to try to match them, I think they are going to try to match us. If we do what we are supposed to do, it's going to be very good for us. That's our best chance."
"We have been working a lot on doubles. It hasn't really been our thing this year. We've had two weeks to work on it. Guys have been playing better. Now we have Clement back healthy and back at number one with Loic. The guys are excited about that. We have a strong doubles lineup when we are healthy."

"This weekend is going to be a good test. We're playing at home, its senior day, and it will be good to honor those two guys; Sam and Sacha. We have to play this weekend like we want to play at conference. The way the seeds are, we may play Troy in the first round. It's important to set the tone this weekend in case we do play them at the tournament. You have that mental advantage if you have beaten them already this season. We can't look past them, it's going to be a good test. We have to play like we are supposed to play and like it's the conference final."

On Sacha Modica and Sam Serrano: "What we really liked about them is not only they were great players, but when you come in as a junior or senior you are already mature. You bring experience. That's what we really appreciated about them. Sam, coming in as a senior, definitely helped even though he was new on the team, he helped the new guys. He was our team captain this year. Sacha, what a player. Last year he played top three for us and this year played mostly at number one. He came in as a great player, I think he is going to leave as a great team player. Really learned to gel with the guys, and become one of the guys. It shows, he is excited to be at practice every day. I have seen those two guys grow a lot in a year, year and a half. We were fortunate to get those guys for the time we did, just wish I had them for all four."

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