LAFAYETTE, La. — The University of South Alabama men's tennis team bested the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns, 4-2 on the Cajun Courts Friday afternoon to improve to 14-6 on the season and 4-1 in Sun Belt play.
After losing the doubles point to Louisiana the Jaguars rallied back and won four singles matches to claim the victory. Loic Cloes put the Jags on the board first with a win on court two.
Louis Delcour and Sacha Modica followed suit with straight set wins on number six and one, respectively. Then, Clement Marzol clinched the match for South Alabama defeating his opponent, 7-0 in a tiebreaker set.
DOUBLES
1. Modica/Serrano vs. Libaud/Dolan, 6-2.
2. Galka/Dworak def. Cloes/Di Loreto, 6-3.
3. Lago/Fraser def. Marzol/Delcour, 6-3.
Order of Finish: (1,3,2)
SINGLES
1. Sacha Modica def. Jan Galka, 6-3, 6-4.
2. Loic Cloes def. Dolan Pearse, 6-4, 6-1.
3. Clement Marzol def. Elio Lago, 6-1, 7-6(7).
4. Arthur Libaud def. Sam Serrano, 6-4, 6-3.
5. Maxime Lapraille vs. Jamie Fraser, 7-6, 5-2, unfinished.
6. Louis Delcour def. Kacper Dworak, 6-2, 6-3.
Order of Finish: (2,6,4,1,3)
NOTES
- Louisiana took the doubles point from the Jags by winning the last two of three points. After Modica and Serrano got the win on court one, Louisiana took courts two and three both in a 6-3 fashion.
- Cloes improves to 4-0 on court two this season, and 15-4 in singles while notching his 12th consecutive win.
- Marzol broke a four-match losing streak with his win on court three. Sam Serrano's loss on court four ends a four-match wining for the senior.
- Maxime Lapraille won his first set and was up, 5-2 on court five when the Jaguars clinched the match and went unfinished.
UP NEXT
South Alabama travels to Arlington, Texas to take on UT Arlington on Sunday, April 7. First serve is set for 10 a.m. at the UTA Tennis Center.
QUOTES
Head Coach Nick Brochu
"Good win today. I don't think we played our best tennis. We dropped the doubles point, but Louisiana is a good doubles team. They have won most of their doubles points during the season. We did some good things, and we have to fix some things before Sunday. But what was good about today, after we lost the doubles point, we went into singles and we were able to turn it around after going down a break early on in singles. The fact that we were able to turn it around and play in an environment where the crowd was against us. The guys put that behind them and really fought. That's why I'm happy about today. It wasn't pretty but we got the job done. Sometimes it feels even better when you're not playing your best tennis and you still dominate the other team."
"I mean 4-2. Great win. Max was one game away from winning as well. It's a great confidence boost. You tell yourself, "If we start playing well, it will be even better." Great confidence heading into the weekend with UTA. Big rematch on Sunday. We know them, very powerful on one, two and three. Same guys as last season, and we can't take anything for granted against them. We have to go there and really play. It's a tough road trip, long distance and travel, but we have to focus on what we have to do."
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