PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. — The University of South Alabama men's tennis team were crowned as back-to-back Sun Belt champions with a 4-1 win over Georgia State on Sunday afternoon at the Peachtree City Tennis Center. 

The Jaguars entered singles down 1-0 after losing the doubles point to Georgia State. Clement Marzol put the Jags on the board first with a straight set win on court three, and Louis Delcour quickly followed suit with the same on number six. After Sam Serrano put his opponent away on court five, the Jags were one point away. 

Loic Cloes roared back in sets two and three after losing 6-0 in the first. Cloes put away Robert Grinvalds of Georgia State, breaking serve, earning the 6-4 winner in the third set, and clinching for the second straight year for South Alabama. 

DOUBLES
1. Hussey/MacFarlane (GSU) def. Cloes/Marzol (USA), 6-3.
2. Modica/Serrano (USA) def. Duarte/Grinvalds (GSU), 6-3.
3. Showers/Coulaud (GSU) def. Lapraille/Delcour (USA), 6-3. 
Order of Finish: (2,3,1)

SINGLES
1. Sacha Modica (USA) vs. Giles Hussey (GSU), 5-7, 6-3, 0-3, unfinished. 
2. Loic Cloes (USA) def. Roberts Grinvalds (GSU), 0-6, 6-4, 6-4.     
3. Clement Marzol (USA) def. Quentin Coulaud (GSU), 7-5, 6-0. 
4. Maxime Lapraille (USA) vs. Bailey Showers (GSU), 2-6, 7-6, 1-2, unfinished. 
5. Sam Serrano (USA) def. Andrei Duarte (GSU), 6-4, 6-3. 
6. Louis Delcour (USA) def. Kevin Huynh (GSU), 6-3, 6-4. 
Order of Finish: (3,6,5,2)

NOTES
Georgia State clinched the doubles point with 6-3 wins on court ones and three. Sacha Modica and Serrano's match on court two finished first and got the Jags one win in doubles. 

Modica lost the first set on number one in singles, but came back to win the second 6-3. He was down 0-3 in the third set when Cloes clinched for the Jags. 

Maxime Lapraille also fell in the first set to his opponent on court five, but came back with a big 7-6 win in a tiebreaker to take the second set. He was down 1-2 with the serve when the match went final. 

Cloes has now won 15 singles matches in a row, dating back to Feb, 16th, while Delcour has won five matches in a row all in straight sets. 

UP NEXT
South Alabama moves on to the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive year. The NCAA tournament selection show will be held one week from Monday on April 29th at 5 p.m. central on ncaa.com  

QUOTES
Head Coach Nick Brochu
On the back-to-back titles: "I mean it has been quite a journey this year. We went on a good winning streak in the middle of the season. Then we hit a wall on the Florida swing, with three loses, all close matches. That was tough. That kind of woke us up, and we started the conference schedule." 

"We had a rough match against Georgia State, they beat us 4-3 at home. They had some injuries in that match and we played not to lose instead of playing to win. Today, that was a big change. We played to win today." 

"The key today was how important it is to get on the board quickly. Doubles, I think we may have choked a bit on doubles. We were up on courts one and two. At the end of the day, Georgia State is a good team that is well coached and strong in doubles. We went into singles, knowing that it is our thing. We didn't have the best days on one and two but the guys stuck in there. Max was also struggling on court four, but I was telling him not to let his opponent close it out. He came back and won the second set and that helped tremendously." 

"How about Louis, Sam, and Clement being able to close the first set and their matches, putting us up 3-1. All of sudden the pressure went from us to them, having to win all the remaining singles matches. I mean at the end of the day we just have to stay loose and hit. Loic was in the same situation last year. He has to stay solid, and stay in the point. These guys worked so hard and they wanted it so bad. All year we have been talking about "for the boys". You play for the guy next to you and that's what we did." 

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