MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama men's tennis team will return to action and begin a month-long road trip with a trio of matches. South will take on Central Florida on Tuesday in Orlando, Fla., and then face South Florida and North Florida this weekend in Tampa, Fla.

MATCH INFORMATION
Opponent: Central Florida
Date: 3/11
Place: UCF Tennis Complex (Orlando, Fla.)

Opponent: South Florida
Date: 3/13
Place: USF Varsity Tennis Courts (Tampa, Fla.)

Opponent: North Florida
Date: 3/14
Place: USF Varsity Tennis Courts (Tampa, Fla.)

ON THE COURT FOR THE JAGUARS
- Ezra Blissard (Sr., Van Vleet, Miss., 0-11 Singles, 3-9 Doubles)
- Martin Bugaj (Fr., Hodonín, Czech Republic, 11-10 Singles, 11-8 Doubles)
- Loïc Cloes (Sr., Oreye, Belgium, 13-7 Singles, 11-9 Doubles)
- Sébastien Collard (Fr., Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, 14-10 Singles, 11-14 Doubles)
- Jordan Coutinho (Fr., Johannesburg, South Africa, 1-7, Singles, 1-7 Doubles)
- Louis Delcour (So., Lille, France, 14-11 Singles, 10-12 Doubles)
- Clément Marzol (Sr., Toulouse, France, 11-7 Singles, 13-10 Doubles)
- Leon Pet'ko (Fr., Bratislava, Slovakia, 4-10 Singles, 6-13 Doubles)

NOTES
- Wednesday's match at UCF will be the first in nearly a month as the Jaguars last competed on Feb. 15.
- The match versus the Knights will be the sixth in the all-time series as USA holds a 3-2 advantage. UCF has won the last two meetings.
- Central Florida holds an 8-3 record and has won six straight matches coming into the week. The Knights will hosts Penn on Tuesday before taking on South Alabama.
- Gaberiel Decamps (19t h) and Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi (No. 76) are ranked by the ITA in singles action. The duo is also ranked No. 7 in doubles play.
- South Florida and South Alabama have split the previous 18 meetings in the series with USF taking the last meeting a year ago.
- USF holds five shutouts over opponents this spring and will play Penn and UNC-Wilmington in Tampa, Fla., on Wednesday before facing South.
- The Bulls doubles team of Rithvik Bollipalli and Jacob Wojcik are ranked No. 31 in doubles play.
- South Florida as already faced a pair of Sun Belt opponents this season holding 7-0 wins over Georgia State and Georgia Southern.
- North Florida has won nine of the previous 12 series meetings versus the Jaguars including last season's match.
- The Ospreys are 7-1 this season and will take on Duke on Tuesday and Chattanooga on Wednesday in Jacksonville, Fla.
- UNF is 3-0 against SBC opponents, defeating Georgia State and Georgia Southern, 4-3 and Appalachian State 4-1.

UP NEXT
- Following the three matches this week, South Alabama will open up Sun Belt Conference play at Coastal Carolina (March 20) and at Appalachian State (March 22).

THEY SAID IT
Head coach Nick Brochu
- On returning to play and the road trip:
"This is a big trip for us for a few reasons. First, we are ready to go down there and compete since we haven't played some matches in a while. We had some injuries that the time off allowed us to take care of and with this being our spring break, our guys will be able to mentally relax. These are three big opponents with two of them being ranked in the top 35. Every year we have had competitive matches with these opponents."
- On having three matches in four days:
 "Playing three matches in four days will definitely be physically tough, but I feel we are fit. The most important this is that our freshmen have been improving and maturing over the last few weeks, so it will be interesting to see how they compete in these settings. I think that they have gotten better every match."
- On gearing up for the start of Sun Belt play in two weeks:
"These three matches are our final matches before we step into conference play. In doubles, we are going to really start seeing who our best player are and set up for our conference matches. Once we get into conference play, things will be very competitive. The conference tournament will be here before we know it."

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