MIAMI – The University of South Alabama men's tennis team dropped Friday afternoon's dual against Miami (Fla.) 7-0. Miami earned the doubles point after wins at the No. 2 and 3 positions and then went on to sweep the six singles matches.

The bright spot of the day was Clément Marzol who forced, the No. 32 ranked singles player in the nation, Adria Soriano Barrera to three sets at the No. 1 position. Marzol won the first set (6-3), dropped the second set (4-6) and then forced the third into a tiebreak before falling (5-7).

Date: 2/7
Place: Neil Schiff Tennis Center (Miami, Fla.)

DOUBLES
1. No. 14 Benjamin Hannestad / Franco Aubone (UM) leading Loïc Cloes / Marzol (USA), 5-4  
2. Bojan Jankulovski / Dane Dunlap (UM) def. Sébastien Collard / Leon Pet'ko (USA), 6-3
3. No. 46 Soriano Barrera / Francisco Bastias (UM) leading Louis Delcour / Jordan Coutinho (USA), 6-0
Order of Finish: (3, 2)

SINGLES
1. No. 32 Soriano Barrera (UM) def. Marzol (USA), 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
2. Dunlap (UM) def. Cloes (USA), 6-4, 6-3
3. Bastias (UM) def. Delcour (USA), 6-3, 6-0
4. Jankulovski (UM) def. Collard (USA), 6-4, 7-5
5. Aubone (UM) def. Martin Bugaj (USA), 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-5)
6. Will Grattan-Smith (UM) def. Coutinho (USA), 6-1, 6-0
Order of Finish: (6, 3, 2, 5, 4, 1)

NOTES
- The start was delayed from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. due to inclement weather in the area.
- The losses for Marzol and Cloes in singles play were the individual's first losses this spring.
- USA falls to 3-7 all-time against Miami and this match marks the third-straight series win for the Hurricanes.
- The loss snaps a two-match winning streak for the Jaguar men.

UP NEXT
- The Jags will stay in Florida and travel to Boca Raton to face Florida Atlantic tomorrow at 9 a.m. (CT).

THEY SAID IT
Head coach Nick Brochu
- On doubles play: "We are disappointed with the result today. Miami is a very good team and they are well coached. We thought we could do better in doubles. At the number one doubles we did a great job; it was a great match. At the two our guys were playing well but after we got up a break early in the match, we gave it back and I think that hurt us. From that point on it was tough and at the end Miami came up big and broke us to win the match. The number three doubles team for Miami is very strong and we were not quite there. In doubles, we knew Miami was going to be on fire, they came out very intense with a lot of energy and that seemed to get to us."
- On singles play: "We knew that the longer the longer the matches and the longer the rallies we were able to force it would be to our advantage. We had some good starts, Clément [Marzol] was up a set Martin [Bugaj] was up a set so at number one and five we were doing great. Then at number two and five we had very good battles in which we dropped two close first sets. We were almost winning, very close, so although the end result was 7-0, it was an extremely close match.
"We had some guys like Sébastien [Collard] play very well, he played some really high-level tennis. Clément [Marzol] played a great match; he came so close to beating one of the top players in the nation. He has been playing very solid for us this year. He is an excellent playing and is showing that he can battle with anyone in the country.
"I think we just need to learn to close the set that is what it takes to beat good teams and that was a bit of a problem for us today. However, we are disappointed because we were outmatched at two positions. This is something that we need to work on because if you want to compete with nationally ranked teams you can't afford to lose two matches within an hour. We need to learn to stay in the match a little longer because as soon as you start going down on the scoreboard it becomes even harder on the remaining players. At the same time, we are working hard and we are going to use this match, which was a very high-level match, to get stronger throughout the season and going into tomorrow's match against FAU."

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