STARKVILLE, Miss. — The University of South Alabama men's tennis team's season came to an end today with a loss to the number seven ranked Mississippi State Bulldogs in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at the A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre on Saturday afternoon. 

DOUBLES
1. No. 75 Cloes/Marzol (USA) vs. No. 3 Borges/Rakic (MSST), 4-4, unfinished. 
2. No. 32 Braun/Oradini (MSST) def. Modica/Serrano (USA), 6-4. 
3. Foshey/Ramskogler (MSST) def. Lapraille/Delcour (USA), 6-2. 
Order of Finish: (3,2)

SINGLES
1. No. 1 Nuno Borges (MSST def. Sacha Modica (USA), 6-3, 6-3. 
2. Loic Cloes (USA) vs. No. 61 Giovanni Oradini (MSST), 6-7, 2-2, unfinished. 
3. Clement Marzol (USA) vs. Strahinja Rakic (MSST), 5-7, 2-3, unfinished.  
4. Sam Serrano (USA) vs. Niclas Braun (MSST), 4-6, 2-3, unfinished.  
5. Trevor Foshey (MSST) def. Maxime Lapraille (USA), 6-4, 6-1. 
6. Florian Broska (MSST) def. Louis Delcour (USA), 6-3, 6-2. 
Order of Finish: (5,1,6)

NOTES
- The match was suspended twice due to inclement weather when the singles matches were in the second sets. The delays lasted about 45 minutes in total. 
- Mississippi State took the doubles point from the Jaguars. Maxime Lapraille and Louis Delcour fell on court three first. Sacha Modica and Sam Serrano were defeated by the No. 32 duo of Niclas Braun and Giovani Oradini for the point. Loic Cloes and Clement Marzol were tied up at four all with the number three ranked pair of Nuno Borges and Strahinja Rakic when the point was clinched. 
- The Bulldogs clinched the match win with a win on court six. Florian Broska defeated Louis Delcour in straight sets. Maxime Lapraille's singles match came to an end first with a 6-1 loss in the second set. Sacha Modica fell 6-3 in straight sets vs. the number one player in the country, Nuno Borges. 
- Cloes was in a tightly contested match with the No. 61 player in the country, Giovanni Oradini. Cloes fell in the first set 6-7 (4-7) and was tied 2-2 in the second set. Cloes finished the season on a 15 match win streak. 
- The Jaguars fell to Mississippi State, 4-0, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the second straight season. South Alabama won its 18th Sun Belt Title and participated in its 13th NCAA Tournament. The Jags are now 8-13 all time in the NCAAs. 

QUOTES
Head Coach Nick Brochu
On the match: "Number one, it's tough. We played with two rain delays, but it's the same with both teams. I thought we fought well. Tennis is a game of momentum. I thought we had a chance to win three first sets and we did not. We were pretty much playing catchup after that. I thought we played well, doubles was very competitive. We almost got two there." 

"Overall, even though the score is 4-0, it was not an easy walk in the park for Mississippi State. The guys played well. Our guys played well, their guys played really well. It was a really exciting second round. We have two seniors, those guys played big. Sam [Serrano] had a humongous win yesterday. He was the clinch for us. I think today the goal was to play big and go for shots. I think we did that. Mississippi State played well and good luck to them." 

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