MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama men's tennis team (5-6) will begin Sun Belt Conference play this weekend as they take on two teams in the Jaguar Shootout at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts. South will take on its rival Troy (16-1) on Friday at 2 p.m. and Louisiana (9-8) on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. 


MATCH INFORMATION – SOUTH ALABAMA VS TROY
Date: 3/26
Place: Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts (Mobile, Ala.)
Match Time: 2 p.m.

MATCH INFORMATION – SOUTH ALABAMA VS LOUISIANA
Date: 3/28
Place: Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts (Mobile, Ala.)
Match Time: 9:30 a.m.

ON THE COURT FOR THE JAGUARS
- Ezra Blissard (Sr., Van Vleet, Miss., 0-8 Singles, 3-4 Doubles)
- Philip Bosman (Fr., Auburn, Ala., 3-7 Singles, 5-4 Doubles)
- Martin Bugaj (So., Hodonín, Czech Republic, 6-10 Singles, 10-7 Doubles)
- Loïc Cloes (Sr., Oreye, Belgium, 4-4 Singles, 6-1 Doubles)
- Sébastien Collard (So., Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, 13-6 Singles, 12-8 Doubles)
- Jordan Coutinho (So., Johannesburg, South Africa, 5-6 Singles, 5-8 Doubles)
- Louis Delcour (So., Lille, France, 5-3 Singles, 5-3 Doubles)
- Julien Evrard (Sr., Lille, France, 13-6 Singles, 11-9 Doubles)
- Clément Marzol (Sr., Toulouse, France, 14-4 Singles, 15-4 Doubles)
- Leon Pet'ko (Fr., Bratislava, Slovakia, 2-5 Singles, 2-4 Doubles)

NOTES
- All three teams are opening Sun Belt play this weekend in the Jaguar Shootout.
- No. 46 ranked doubles pair, Cloes and Marzol, are the only ranked doubles team who will take on the courts in Mobile this weekend.
- Marzol currently leads the Jags in both singles (14-4) and doubles (15-4) action this season.
- Evrard has won six of his last nine singles matches at the No.1 position.
- Delcour's last singles victory against Florida Atlantic's Gerard Escandell on March 11, came in straight sets (6-4,7-5) on court four.
- The Trojans have won 10 consecutive matches this season and hold an 18-4 advantage in the all-time series against the Jaguars.
- The Ragin' Cajuns are coming into play after a weekend sweep against Alcorn State (7-0/4-0) last Sunday.
- South Alabama has won seven of the last 13 matches against Louisiana since 2006.

THEY SAID IT
Head coach Nick Brochu
- On this weekend's matches: " We are very excited to start the conference schedule. This year is a shorter, modified conference schedule because of the circumstances. We are very excited to start at home. It's going to be nice hosting Troy and Lafayette because these are two great teams in the conference. We didn't have a chance to play any of these two teams last year because the season was cut short.  I think both teams have new players that we haven't seen before, so it's going to be very exciting, and it feels great to start conference play as we get ready for Conference Championships."

- On the two teams: "We've had a great competitive rivalry with Troy being in the state. I know they always get excited when they play us so, we have to be careful and make sure we have a strong start because when you play conference matches, on paper doesn't mean anything, so we really have to go after them early and get the doubles point. They suddenly turn into very vocal and motivated players if they take the lead, so we have to make sure that we contain them early in the match. Lafayette, they don't really have any holes in their lineup. They're very equal from top to bottom, so it's going to be a battle at every position."

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