PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. – The No. 3 seed South Alabama men's tennis team will camp out in Peachtree City, Ga., along with the rest of the Sun Belt tennis contingent, ready to do battle for the conference crown. The Sun Belt Championships will run through April 23-25 but, USA will open up on Friday with a quarterfinal clash against No. 6 seed Louisiana at 1 p.m. (CT) at the Peachtree City Tennis Center.

The Jaguars defeated the Ragin' Cajuns 4-0 on March 28 in Mobile, with all three singles matches coming in straight sets. South has won 12 of the 14 meetings between the two clubs since their first meeting in 2006.

MATCH INFORMATION – SOUTH ALABAMA VS LOUISIANA
Date: 4/23
Place: Peachtree City Tennis Center (Peachtree City, Ga.)
Match time: 1 p.m. (CT)
Live results: http://scores.tennisticker.de/usa/sunbelt/league/sb.html?tournid=4921&clubid=761-763&cn1=Louisiana&cn2=South%20Alabama&ci1=761&ci2=763&lid=236
Live coverage: https://www.espn.com/search/_/q/sun%20belt/o/watch/appearance/dark

ON THE COURT FOR THE JAGUARS
- Ezra Blissard (Sr., Van Vleet, Miss., 0-8 Singles, 3-4 Doubles)
- Philip Bosman (Fr., Auburn, Ala., 4-8 Singles, 5-4 Doubles)
- Martin Bugaj (So., Hodonín, Czech Republic, 7-12 Singles, 10-7 Doubles)
- Loïc Cloes (Sr., Oreye, Belgium, 8-4 Singles, 9-2 Doubles)
- Sébastien Collard (So., Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, 17-6 Singles, 14-11 Doubles)
- Jordan Coutinho (So., Johannesburg, South Africa, 5-6 Singles, 5-8 Doubles)
- Louis Delcour (So., Lille, France, 7-5 Singles, 7-5 Doubles)
- Julien Evrard (Sr., Lille, France, 16-7 Singles, 12-12 Doubles)
- Clément Marzol (Sr., Toulouse, France, 17-4 Singles, 19-5 Doubles)
- Leon Pet'ko (Fr., Bratislava, Slovakia, 2-5 Singles, 4-6 Doubles)

NOTES
- No. 89 Evrard and No. 91 Marzol are both top in the league at the No. 2 position with a 2-0 record.
- Cloes (3-0) and Collard (2-0) are also the top performers at courts three and four, respectively.
- Marzol closed out the regular season leading the Jags in singles (17-4) and doubles play (19-5).
- Collard, Cloes and Marzol are each heading into singles play with a four-match winning streak.
- USA finished the regular season with a 9-7 record and a 3-1 mark in conference action.
- South Alabama enters the tournament as the back-to-back defending Sun Belt champions after defeating Georgia State 4-1 in the 2019 Sun Belt Championships.
- Cloes clinched the 2019 Championship match for the Jags after forcing GSU's Roberts Grinvalds in three sets (0-6, 6-4, 6-4) for the win.  

THEY SAID IT
Head coach Nick Brochu
- On heading into SBC Championships: "It's been a different year this year with our schedule being reduced and limited. However, we were very fortunate to have a season. We are happy and excited to play this weekend. It's a Conference Championship, and it's not going to be easy this year. We are the back-to-back defending champs, so everyone will be looking at us. This year, we trained and worked hard. Our goal is to win the Conference Championship, but the first thing we need to do is win the first round. We don't need to look past Lafayette because they are a good team. It doesn't matter if we beat them during the regular season because Friday will be a brand-new match. Overall, I like our matchups, and I think everyone is good and healthy. It's looking good, but at the end of the day, it's going to come down to who will get the job done on the court when it matters the most. The team is excited, and the morale is good. We want the big prize, but we first have to take care of Lafayette. We're ready, and we have to make sure that we don't look past the first round."

- On the seniors: "We have four seniors, with two being captain, and they are trying to close their college careers with their third ring in a row. They deserve it, and I know they're going to give everything they have for this team. They've been such great leaders, and they will run until their legs give up.

"We've added Julien [Evrard], and I know he's very excited because at his previous school, he never had the chance to win a Conference Championship, and he feels that this team will be able to give him his first Championship ring. 

"We also have freshmen from last year who never got to see what a Conference Championship is like because our season ended in March. They are ready and anxious to get onto the court. The pressure is good, and this is where the team will enjoy the pressure. They're nervous, but at the same time, it's good nerves, and they can't wait to get out there and play."

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