PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. — The University of South Alabama men's tennis team is moving on to the semifinals of the Sun Belt Conference Championships after defeating Troy, 4-0 in the first round on Friday afternoon at the Peachtree Tennis Center. 

The Jags secured the doubles point against the Trojans with wins on courts three and one. Maxime Lapraille and Louis Delcour bested their opponents, 6-2 on number three, followed by the No. 68 ranked duo of Loic Cloes and Clement Marzol winning, 6-4 on number one. 

After taking the doubles point, the Jags got off to a fast start in singles. Sacha Modica closed out court one with a straight set win over his opponent. A minute after Modica clinched, Cloes finished off his foe on court two with a 6-2, 7-5 win. With the Jags up 3-0, Marzol clinched the match for the Jags with a 6-3 win in the third set. 

DOUBLES
1. Cloes,Loic/Marzol,Clement (USA) def. Tasker, Christopher/Poyatos, Jorge (TROY), 6-4
2. Serrano,Sam/Modica,Sacha (USA) def. Duan, Jiaqi/Antuna, Pelayo (TROY), 5-5 unfinished. 
3. Lapraille,Maxime/Delcour,Louis (USA) def. Romero, Andy/Michalek, Oskar (TROY), 6-2. 
Order of Finish: (3,1)

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

NOTES
The match was played inside at the Peachtree City Tennis Center due to weather. The doubles point was played first, followed by three singles matches on courts one-three with courts four-six played once those matches finished.

Modica and Sam Serrano were tied up at five-all on court two in doubles when the Jags clinched the point. 

Lapraille and Serrano had just started their singles matches when Marzol clinched for the Jags, they were both up 2-0 on their opponents. Delcour's match on court six never got underway.  

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.

QUOTES
Head Coach Nick Brochu
On the uncertainty of where you were playing: "Well we knew that it was going to be a long day. We knew that it was going to be raining all day, and there was the possibility of our match getting pushed back. If we go indoors, we were going to be limited on courts. We had a meeting last night, and we knew that those things couldn't affect us. It's the same for both teams, it's not ideal, but you have to deal with it." 

On what was important for your team today: "I think today the main goal was doubles. We played them last week and we had to save two match points to take the doubles point. Today, it was very important to not only win the doubles point, but make a statement. Court three stepped up big time. Singles, the atmosphere is a little different when you only have three courts going at the same time. Clement started on number three, and didn't have a good day. But he stayed calm and that's where the experience comes into play. He stayed calm, wasn't playing well and just focused on the important points. He has been there before, so very proud of him today." 

Junior Clement Marzol 
On the transition from outdoors to indoors: "Yeah that's right. We haven't played indoors that many times this season, so that is something we had to adjust too. But I think we did a pretty good job, especially in doubles. I thought we started out pretty well. We got into a good rhythm, and we played pretty good in singles as well. Sacha and Loic played well. I struggled a little bit in the first set but I came back and won, so I'm proud of the effort."

On the comeback in your singles match: "I mean the first set I was not playing that well. I had to make a few adjustments from outdoors to indoors. We played them last week and I beat my opponent then. I knew what I had to do, made a few adjustments and it worked out." 

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