MOBILE, Ala. — The University of South Alabama men's tennis team travels to Peachtree City, Ga., with the number two seed to compete in the Sun Belt Conference Championships beginning on Friday, April 19. The Jags will face off against the seven seeded Troy Trojans in the first round at 12:30 on Friday.
The Jaguars finished the regular season with an overall record of 15-6 and a 5-1 mark in Sun Belt play. The Jags lone loss in conference action came in a 3-4 fashion against Georgia State on March 31 at home.
South Alabama enters the tournament as the defending Sun Belt Championships after defeating Georgia State, 4-1 in the final last season. The Jags moved on to the NCAA tournament with the win last season and beat No. 21 Memphis in the first round before falling to No. 7 Mississippi State in the second round.
2019 Men's Tennis Sun Belt Championships Bracket
MATCH INFORMATION
Date: April 19-21, 2019.
Opponent: Troy Trojans (April 19 at 12:30)
Place: Peachtree City Tennis Courts.
Host: Sun Belt Conference
NOTES
South Alabama defeated Troy on the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Courts, 4-0 in their last match of the regular season on Saturday, April 13.
The No. 68 ranked duo of Loic Cloes and Clement Marzol are the highest ranked doubles pair playing in the Sun Belt Conference Championsips this weekend, and are the only ranked singles or doubles player(s) competing this weekend. Cloes finished the season on a 12 match winning streak, with his last loss in singles coming to Belmont on Feb. 16.
The Jaguars have appeared in the Sun Belt finals in seven of the last eight season, last missing out on the title match in 2013. South and Georgia State have met on the final day of the championships in each of the last two seasons.
ON THE COURT FOR THE JAGS
Loic Cloes (Jr., Oreye, Belgium, 15-4 Singles, 11-9 Doubles)
Louis Delcour (Fr., Lille, France, 12-6 Singles, 7-5 Doubles)
Santiago Di Loreto (So., Buenos Aires, Argentina, 3-0 Singles, 4-8 Doubles)
Maxime Lapraille (So., Ophain, Belgium, 12-5 Singles, 9-5 Doubles)
Clement Marzol (Jr., Toulouse, France, 10-6 Singles, 8-9 Doubles)
Sacha Modica (Sr., London, England, 10-6 Singles, 9-6 Doubles)
Sam Serrano (Sr., Cartagena, Colombia, 12-7 Singles, 9-6 Doubles)
UP NEXT
The winner of South Alabama vs. Troy will meet the winner of No. 3 Coastal Carolina vs. No. 6 Georgia Southern on Saturday, April 20 at 2 p.m. in Peachtree City, Ga.
THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Nick Brochu
On the draw: "Number two seed is good. I think the one thing we need to make sure we don't do is think about a rematch with Georgia State. Yes, we have played them in the final in the past two years and there is definitely a huge rivalry there. At the same time, we have a good first round match vs. Troy. The good thing about the first round, is we just played them this past Saturday. I think we handled them pretty well. The guys have a little mental edge after the 4-0 win. But at the same time, because we just beat them Troy is going to come back harder and try something different. The doubles point was very close, they felt that they could change a few things and win that. In singles we had some matches that looked pretty tight, so let's not look past them. Troy is going to be ready to play so we have to be ready as well. Overall we have a good draw, this year there is easily four or five teams that can win the conference. We have to take it one match at a time."
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