BIRMINGHAM, Ala.– The University of South Alabama men's tennis team opened the first day at the Birmingham Collegiate invitational with three wins in the red and navy singles draw on Friday.
 
Louis Delcour, Jack Clements and Maxime St-Hilaire each won in straight sets in singles competition to advance into the next round in their respective brackets on Saturday.
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Dates: 11/5
Place: Country Club of Birmingham Tennis Courts (Birmingham, Ala.)
Teams: Bellarmine, Lipscomb, Louisiana, Nicholls, Samford, South Alabama, Tulane and UAB
 
RED SINGLES DRAW
- Delcour (USA) def. Puric (UAB) 6-3, 6-2
- Kuenkler (Tulane) def. Collard (USA) 6-1, 6-2
 
NAVY SINGLES DRAW
- Clements (USA) def. Drobnjkovic (Nicholls) 7-5, 6-2
- St-Hilaire (USA) def. Williams (Samford) 6-2, 6-0
 
NAVY SINGLES DRAW
- Bancila (Tulane) def. Philip Bosman (USA) 6-2, 6-1
 
RED DOUBLES DRAW
- Groetsch/Reynolds (Bellarmine) def. Collard/Delcour (USA) 8-5
- Barry/Petrovic (Tulane) def. Collard/Delcour (USA) 8-4
 
NAVY DOUBLES DRAW
- Clements/St-Hilaire (USA) def. Martin-Thiriat/Machado (Nicholls) 8-1
- Jacobson/Hoejimans (Tulane) def. Clements/St-Hilaire (USA) 8-2
 
NOTES
- Delcour advanced into the second round of the red singles draw and will take on Kario Kajin (ULL) Saturday at 9:00 a.m.
- Clements will take on Calin Postea (ULL) in the second round in the navy singles draw at 9:00 a.m.
- St-Hilaire faces off against Vasil Dimitrov (ULL) in the second round of the navy singles draw at 10:30 a.m.
 
THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Nick Brochu
- On the opening day of doubles competition in the Birmingham Collegiate Invitational: "We started the day in doubles. We tried out new pairs for this tournament where we had a little bit of an adaptation period, which I think hurt us in some matches. We didn't play bad but I don't think we played well. We had some slow starts. Louis [Delcour] and Seb [Collard] started playing better late in the match but it was too late. Max [St-Hilaire] and Jack [Clements] showed us some good things. They won the first match and were very aggressive and could be a possible pair for the spring. The results in doubles were not good but overall, I think we came here to compete and competed well. Hopefully, on Sunday, we are gelling a little bit better.
 
- On the opening day of singles competition in the Birmingham Collegiate Invitational: "I think we did good in singles, we fought really hard. Even in the matches that we lost, I felt like we were competing extremely hard in some tough matches. Seb played a tremendous opponent, who is probably going to win the tournament. Overall, I'm happy with the way we competed in singles. We came out with three wins in singles. That's what the fall is all about, is just getting better. Tomorrow, I hope we take a step in the right direction and fix some things that we did today."
 
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