MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama men's tennis team defeated UAB on Saturday morning, 6-1, and carried that momentum to the afternoon to pick up a 4-0 victory over Florida A&M at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts.
Loïc Cloes won twice at No. 1 doubles and earned a victory at No. 2 singles over the Blazers, with Louis Delcour and Martin Bugaj combining for a pair of wins in doubles while both going 2-0 in singles play on the day.
Date: 2/15
Place: Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts (Mobile, Ala.)
SOUTH ALABAMA 6, UAB 1
DOUBLES
1. Loïc Cloes/Clément Marzol (USA) def. Roman Postolka/Michal Lusovsky (UAB), 6-4
2. Sébastien Collard/Jordan Coutinho (USA) vs. Nikolai Manchev/ Tom El Safadi (UAB), 4-4, unfinished
3. Louis Delcour/Martin Bugaj (USA) def. Nikola Puric/Parker Bradbury (UAB), 6-3
Order of Finish: (3,1)
SINGLES
1. Marzol (USA) def. Postolka (UAB), 6-2, 6-3
2. Cloes (USA) def. Lusovsky (UAB), 6-2, 6-2
3. Delcour (USA) def. Manchev (UAB), 6-2, 6-1
4. Collard (USA) def. Puric (UAB), 6-4, 6-1
5. Bugaj (USA) def. Daniel Janko (UAB), 6-3, 6-4
6. El Safadi (UAB) def. Coutinho (USA), 6-3, 4-6, 10-8
Order of Finish: (2,5,3,1,4,6)
SOUTH ALABAMA 4, FLORIDA A&M 0
DOUBLES
1. Cloes/Collard (USA) def. Eliott Ekindi/Petr Cervika (FAMU), 6-4
2. Bugaj/Delcour (USA) def. Jean-Baptiste Mbong/ Robert Hayden (FAMU), 6-3
3. Leon Pet'ko/Coutinho (USA) won by default
Order of Finish: (3,2,1)
SINGLES
1. Delcour (USA) def. Mbong (FAMU), 6-4, 6-1
2. Collard (USA) led Cervika (FAMU), 6-4, 3-4, unfinished
3. Bugaj (USA) def. Rodney Sturgis (FAMU), 6-2, 6-1
4. Pet'ko (USA) led Ekindi (FAMU), 6-3, 3-3, unfinished
5. Coutinho (USA) vs. Hayden (FAMU), 6-7 (5-7), unfinished
6. Ezra Blissard (USA) won by default
Order of Finish: (6,3,1)
NOTES
- South Alabama improves to 5-5 on the season while UAB falls to 0-5 and Florida A&M drops to 0-11.
- South Alabama improves to 26-11 all-time against UAB, and 11-1 all-time against Florida A&M.
- The Jaguars now have a three-match winning streak in dual match play.
- With the two wins, South moves to 5-0 at home.
- Delcour's win in the afternoon was the first of his career at the No. 1 position.
- Both he and Collard have 14 total singles wins in 2019-20 to lead the team.
- Cloes improved to 5-1 in singles play in the spring.
- Marzol's singles win in the morning was his first since South defeated Lamar on Feb. 1.
UP NEXT
- South Alabama's next match will be on the road in Orlando, Fla. against UCF on March 11 at 5 p.m. (CT).
THEY SAID IT
Head coach Nick Brochu
- On the win against UAB:
"Our goal today was to have very fast start and be aggressive from the beginning, I think we did that. We did a very good job in doubles. We were loud and played with good energy. Our goal was to carry over that energy to singles, and we did that well. It was a good match from beginning to the end."
- On the win against Florida A&M:
"That was a good match this afternoon. We played very well in doubles, we were aggressive and had a lot of energy. We decided to play underclassmen since they were short a player and the guys responded very well, we had guys who stepped up."
-On upcoming matches:
"Now we're going to rest and get ready for our Florida trip. We play two ranked teams and one knocking on the door of top 50, so this is definitely a big trip coming up."
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