TROY, Ala. –The University of South Alabama men's tennis team (7-7) fell to Georgia State (11-5) on Friday afternoon at the Lunsford Tennis Complex.

After falling in doubles, the Jaguars fought back in singles as Senior Loïc Cloes and Sophomore Sébastien Collard dominated on courts three and four to give USA a two-point advantage over the Panthers. Senior Clément Marzol tied the match 3-3 after defeating Harvezy Maughan in three sets on court two, but Georgia State's Patrick Lazo clinched the match for the Panthers on court six to end the day.

GEORGIA STATE 4, SOUTH ALABAMA 3
Date: 4/2
Place: Lunsford Tennis Complex (Troy, Ala.)
Records: USA (7-7, 2-1 Sun Belt), GSU (11-5, 3-0 Sun Belt)  

DOUBLES
1. #39 Loïc Cloes / Clément Marzol (USA) def. #47 Harvey Maughan / Kevin Huynh (GSU) 6-1
2. #76 Andrei Duarte / Roberts Grinvalds (GSU) def. Julien Evrard / Leon Pet'ko (USA) 7-5
3. Mihai Marinescu / Vazha Shubladze (GSU) def. Sébastien Collard / Louis Delcour (USA) 6-3
Order of Finish: (1,3,2)

SINGLES
1. Shubladze (GSU) def. #79 Evrard (USA) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
2. #110 Marzol (USA) def. Maughan (GSU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
3. Cloes (USA) def. Duarte (GSU) 6-4, 7-5
4. Collard (USA) def. Marinescu (GSU) 6-2, 7-5
5. Huynh (GSU) def. Delcour (USA) 7-6(3), 2-6, 6-2
6. Patrick Lazo (GSU) def. Martin Bugaj (USA) 6-7(3), 7-5, 6-3
Order of Finish: (4,3,1,5,2,6)

NOTES
- Cloes and Marzol earned their sixth consecutive doubles victory as a pair this season at the No. 1 position.
- Collard improved his overall singles record to 16-6, with his singles win coming in straight sets on court four. 
- Cloes has won six of his last 10 singles matches, with three of the wins coming at No. 3.
- Marzol extended his singles winning streak to three matches after forcing his opponent in three sets on court two.

UP NEXT
- South Alabama will return to action on Sunday at 11 a.m. to take on Georgia Southern at the Lunsford Tennis Complex in Troy, Ala.

THEY SAID IT 
Head Coach Nick Brochu
- On today's performance: "Once again, it was a very long battle, and I wouldn't expect anything less. It's a big rivalry and today was another example of that. I give credit to Georgia State because they really fought hard and rose to the occasion.

"In doubles, we were winning on two courts easily, and one match just slipped through our fingers. The doubles point should've been ours, but we just let it get away.

"In singles, we were winning on five courts. This match should have been one way, but at the same time, that's tennis.  We took control of everything, but in the end, we just couldn't close it. We'd go up a break and then give it back. We were up 5-2 in a set, and we couldn't close it.  It's very frustrating when we make key mistakes and just give the break back. 

"Even though it was a great battle, I'm very disappointed today. We need to regroup because we have Georgia Southern tomorrow. We need to work on closing matches, closing sets and keeping the lead. Georgia State took advantage of us having a bad day and took us down, so credit to them. We'll definitely see them again in a few weeks in the conference tournament, and we'll be ready."

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