MOBILE, Ala. — The University of South Alabama men's tennis team celebrated senior day by defeating the Troy Trojans, 4-0 on the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Courts on Saturday afternoon. 

The Jaguars' two seniors, Sam Serrano and Sacha Modica, were honored with an on-court presentation prior to the match and both came up big for South. The duo played together on court two in doubles. After Loic Cloes and Clement Marzol bested their opponents, 6-2 to put the Jags in position to win the point, Modica and Serrano came back from down 3-5 to force a tiebreaker set. The seniors rallied and won the tiebreaker 9-7 to give the Jags the 1-0 advantage heading into singles. 

Marzol got the Jags on the board with a quick straight set win on court three. Louis Delcour followed suit and South Alabama was up, 3-0 with leads on several other courts. Modica closed out his match on two with a 6-2 win in the second set to clinch the match for the Jags. 

South Alabama improves to 15-6 on the season and closes out the Sun Belt regular season with a 5-1 record. 

DOUBLES
1. Cloes,Loic/Marzol,Clement (USA) def. Tasker, Christopher/Poyatos, Jorge (TROY) 6-2 
2. Serrano,Sam/Modica,Sacha (USA) def. Duan, Jiaqi/Antuna, Pelayo (TROY) 7-6 (9-7)
3. Romero, Andy/Michalek, Oskar (TROY) def. Lapraille,Maxime/Delcour,Louis (USA) 6-3
Order of Finish: (1,3,2)

SINGLES
1. Cloes,Loic (USA) vs. Antuna, Pelayo (TROY) 6-3, 1-6, 5-2, unfinished
2. Modica,Sacha (USA) def. Michalek, Oskar (TROY) 7-6, 6-2
3. Marzol,Clement (USA) def. Duan, Jiaqi (TROY) 6-2, 6-1
4. Lapraille,Maxime (USA) vs. Bernard, Manuel (TROY) 6-0, 6-6, unfinished
5. Serrano,Sam (USA) vs. Tasker, Christopher (TROY) 5-7, 6-2, 3-1, unfinished
6. Delcour,Louis (USA) def. Selma, Antonio (TROY) 7-5, 6-1
Order of Finish: (3,6,2)

NOTES
- Maxime Lapraille and Louis Delcour fell 6-3 on court three in the doubles point. 
- Lapraille won his first set 6-0 and was up 4-2 in the tiebreaker set in the second when Modica clinched the match for the Jags. 
- Serrano battled back after falling 5-7 in the first set. The senior took the second set, 6-2 and was up 3-1 in the third. His match went unfinished on the afternoon. 
- Cloes was on court one in singles for the first time this season. He went up 6-3 in the first set, fell 1-6 in the second set and was up 5-2 when Modica clinched for the Jags. 

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

QUOTES
Head Coach Nick Brochu
On the Match: "It was good. We struggled in doubles. I told the guys, just because we are better than them, doesn't mean these guys are going to show up and just fold. These guys came to play, and we had to make a comeback in doubles. Our energy wasn't where we wanted it in doubles. We had a good talk before singles, and the energy was there. Troy made a big push at the end, came back on some courts, but we closed the deal. It was great to see one of our senior's get the last point. He was very happy, that was a tough match for him." 

What does the team need to work on heading into next week: "We still need to work on doubles. It is the one thing we have been struggling with this year. Looking at the seeds right now, it looks like we could be playing Troy in the first round next week. I told the guys it was very important to make a statement today. Because if we win quick today, and we do wind up playing them we have the mental advantage for sure." 

What is the potential for this team: "If we play like wet re supposed to play, I believe we are the best team in the conference. We are better than last year, and we had great results last year. It comes down to who wants it most. A couple weeks ago we played Georgia State, and they beat us because they wanted it more. We have to show up every single day and play the first ball like it is the last ball." 

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