MOBILE, Ala. – Julien Evrard picked up a singles victory over a ranked opponent Sunday afternoon, but the University of South Alabama men's tennis team fell in its first home match of the season, 4-3 to Florida Atlantic at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts. 

Evrard and Sébastien Collard blanked Kevin Huempfner and Alvaro Fernandez Horta, 6-0 in their doubles match to start the day. Loïc Cloes and Clément Marzol then clinched the doubles point for the Jaguars when they recorded a win, 6-6 (7-6) at No. 1.

In singles, FAU picked up wins at Nos. 3-6 to clinch the match when Huempfner defeated Cloes 6-3 and 7-6 (7-6) at the No. 3 position. Marzol won his singles match in three sets, 6-3, 6-7 (6-7), 6-4 at the No. 2 position. The highlight for the Jaguars happened when Evrard took his match against 122nd ranked Lapraille to three sets and recorded a win, 6-4, 6-7 (6-7), 6-4 on the No. 1 court.

FLORIDA ATLANTIC 4, SOUTH ALABAMA 3
Date: 2/7
Place: Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts (Mobile, Ala.)
Records: USA (0-2), FAU (2-3)

DOUBLES
1. Cloes / Marzol (USA) def. Maxime Lapraille / Filip Krolo (FAU), 6-6 (7-6) 
2. Evrard / Collard (USA) def. Huempfner / Fernandez Horta (FAU), 6-0
3. Gerard Escandell / Finn Stodder (FAU) def. Leon Pet'ko / Jordan Coutinho (USA), 6-4
Order of Finish: (2,3,1)

SINGLES
1. Evrard (USA) def. (122) Lapraille (FAU), 6-4, 6-7 (6-7), 6-4
2. Marzol (USA) def. Krolo (FAU), 6-4, 6-6 (6-7), 6-4
3. Huempfner (FAU) def. Cloes (USA), 6-3, 7-6 (7-6)
4. Fernandez Horta (FAU) def. Collard (USA), 6-2, 6-2
5. Escandell (FAU) def. Martin Bugaj (USA), 6-1, 6-1
6. Stodder (FAU) def. Pet'ko (USA), 7-5, 6-4
Order of Finish: (5,4,6,3,2,1)

NOTES
-    South Alabama falls to 0-2 while Florida Atlantic improves to 2-3.
-    Collard and Evrard recorded their third consecutive win and second consecutive win at the No. 2 position for the Jaguars. 
-    Evrard took his first win over a nationally ranked opponent and extended his win streak to three, as he has won eight of his last 10 singles matches.
-    Marzol improved to 7-3 overall while winning seven of his last 10 matches for the Jags.

UP NEXT
-     South Alabama will take on Nicholls at home on Feb. 10 at 2 p.m. at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts.

THEY SAID IT 
Head Coach Nick Brochu
- On the match against FAU: "We definitely underperformed today. We are very fortunate to be deep this year, as we have seniors coming back from last year getting their extra year. On paper, we were stronger than FAU, but today was a perfect example that on paper doesn't mean anything. Credit to FAU, they played very hard and fought until the end. The bottom line is we are so deep we should be able to win some of those matches quickly. At number six, we were up 5-2 in the first set up two breaks and go on to lose that set. In the second set, we were up 4-1 with two break points and lost that one. We just have to look in the mirror and practice harder. 
- On the positives from today: "We had some positives today though; number one we won a very competitive doubles point. We had a good crowd today, it was awesome to see not only our fans, but support from other student-athletes. Julien [Evard] had a great match. He's been playing awesome. He was fighting through cramps in both legs the entire third set. He showed a lot of character and a lot of heart by winning that one. Clément [Marzol] was playing great, showed a lot of heart and was almost done in two sets. His opponent from FAU played great and Clément dropped the second set and was very frustrated about that, but then put it behind him and won the third set like a champ. We've got a very talented team and if we don't want this to go to waste we need to start working hard right now."

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