HATTIESBURG, Miss. – The University of South Alabama men's tennis team completed day one of the Southern Miss Invitational on Friday at the Southern Miss Tennis Facility. The Jaguars finished the opening day of competition against players from Chattanooga with Julien Evrard and Sébastien Collard gaining a win in doubles action and Clément Marzol and Sébastien Collard, earning victories in singles play.

MATCH INFORMATION
Tournament Name: Southern Miss Invitational
Opponent: Chattanooga
Dates: 10/23
Place: Southern Miss Tennis Facility (Hattiesburg, Miss.)

DOUBLES
- Julian Evrard/Sébastien Collard (USA) def. Simon Labbe/Turner Voges (UTC) 6-4
- Tomas Rodriguez/Peyton Gatti (UTC) def. Clément Marzol/Jordan Coutinho (USA) 6-4
- Kerim Hyatt/Jeffrey Dewald (UTC) def. Martin Bugaj/Philip Bosman (USA) 6-2

SINGLES
- Rodriguez (UTC) def. Evrard (USA) 6-3, 6-4
- Marzol (USA) def. Hyatt (UTC) 6-2, 6-3
- Collard (USA) def. Dewald (UTC) 6-0, 6-1
- Voges (UTC) def. Bugaj (USA) 6-3. 6-4
- Gatti (UTC) def. Coutinho (USA) 7-5, 6-4
- Jacob Marshall (UTC) def. Bosman (USA) 6-3, 6-0
- Quinton Nevenhoven (UTC) def. Ezra Blissard (USA) 6-0, 6-3

NOTES
- Evrard and Collard earned their sixth doubles win as a pair, improving their records to 6-3.
- Bugaj and Collard each picked up straight-set victories in singles action for the Jaguars at the Southern Miss Invitational.
- Bugaj improved to 4-3 in singles play, while Collard posted his seventh consecutive win in singles action.

UP NEXT
- South Alabama will continue action at the Southern Miss Invitational, on Sat. at 10 a.m. (CT) at the Southern Miss Tennis Facility.

THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Nick Brochu
- On today's performance: "Today, we played well, but we were not hitting the targets when we needed to, and those errors cost us some games. We were dominating most of the points, but when it came down to closing the game, we were inconsistent. UTC took advantage of those mistakes and was able to take sets away from us."
"Overall, today was not bad, but it needs to improve. We need to stay focused and execute the plan. We have to stay aggressive in doubles because our opponents were more aggressive than we were today.  For instance, on the second serve, we were more conservative. We can't play conservative tennis and hope to beat college Division I players. We have to be on top of our game and be aggressive. We have to learn from our mistakes in order to be progressive. We have to be more confident, take chances, calculate the risk and go for it."


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