MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama men's tennis team closed out the opening weekend of the fall season as it concluded its participation at the Crimson Tide Four-In-The-Fall event hosted by Alabama at the Alabama Tennis Stadium and the Thomasville College Invitational hosted by the Glen Arven Country Club in Thomasville, Ga.

Tournament Name: Crimson Tide Four-In-The-Fall
Host: Alabama
Date: 9/15
Place: Alabama Tennis Stadium (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)

DOUBLES
Houndstooth Draw
- Benji Jacobson / Dane Esses (Tulane) def. Martin Bugaj / Sébastien Collard (South Alabama), 8-3

Crimson Draw
- Loïc Cloes / Clément Marzol (South Alabama) def. Issac Becroft / Gregor Ramskogler (Mississippi State), 8-4

SINGLES
Houndstooth Draw
- Jan Soren Hain (Mississippi) def., Collard (South Alabama), 6-0, 6-3
- Simon Junk (Mississippi) def. Bugaj (South Alabama), 3-6, 7-5, 6-2

Crimson Draw
- Cloes (South Alabama) def. Marcelo Sepulveda Garza (Alabama), 6-1, 6-1
- Marzol (South Alabama) def. Lukas Engelhardt (Mississippi), 6-3, 6-1

Tournament Name: Thomasville Collegiate Invitational
Host: Glen Arven Country Club
Date: 9/15
Place: Glen Arven Tennis Center (Thomasville, Ga.)

MATCH 1 – GEORGIA SOUTHERN 3, SOUTH ALABAMA 0
DOUBLES
-  Pascal Wagemaker / Carlos Garcia (Georgia Southern) def. Leon Pet'ko / Louis Delcour (South Alabama), 6-3, 7-5

SINGLES
- Neil Kandhal (Georgia Southern) def. Ezra Blissard (South Alabama), 6-2, 6-0
- Jaap Aaldering (Georgia Southern) def. Member of Glen Arven CC*
*Playing for South Alabama for scoring purposes

MATCH 2 – VALDOSTA STATE 3, SOUTH ALABAMA 0
DOUBLES
- Robert Cizek / Edward Etty (Valdosta State def. Blissard / Member of Glen Arven CC*
*Playing for South Alabama for scoring purposes

SINGLES
- Florian Simbozel (Valdosta State) def. Delcour (South Alabama)
- Yohan Nguyen (Valdosta State) def. Pet'ko (South Alabama)

UP NEXT
-  In two weeks, South Alabama will continue its fall season with another pair of tournaments competing at the Oracle ITA Master (Sept. 26-28) in Malibu, Calif., and the Southern Miss Invitational (Sept. 28-29) in Hattiesburg, Miss.

THEY SAID IT
Head coach Nick Brochu
- On the tournament this weekend: "Today wasn't a good day for us. Overall, I feel that it was a great tournament. We were able to go out and face some tough competition against some Power 5 schools. I thought coming out with a .500 record each day was definitely a positive for us. We brought two veterans and two freshmen, and we had different goals for those four players.

"I thought the two seniors played well overall, but had a little bit of a letdown in doubles play in their second match, but definitely picked up there play today and played some great tennis in their win over the team from Mississippi State. They were both on point today in singles play with two impressive wins. Playing on the third day of a tournament is very hard because everyone is tired; even Loïc [Cloes] battled cramps yesterday and still had some issues with his legs today, but it was good for him to play through it. It's a good thing to see that even when your body was giving out, that your mind is still very competitive.

"The two freshmen lost their matches today, but we saw some good things out of them out of them. Martin [Bugaj] had a very tough three-set match today which could have gone either way. The goal for them this weekend was for them to see how they would match up against big schools and big opponents, and we saw some good things and we saw some things we definitely need to work on. We can definitely tell from this weekend's performance that they are going to be an asset for us as we move forward."

Assistant coach Juan Cruz Soria
- On the weekend: "It was a great tournament. The guys played many tough and long matches. The intensity was consistent from one match to the next, which is very important. I'm very happy with the way our freshman Leon [Pet'ko] competed.  He fought back today and almost came out with the win against a talented opponent. We learned a lot about ourselves this weekend and that was the goal."

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