MOBILE, Ala.  – The University of South Alabama men's tennis team defeated Nicholls 7-0 on Friday afternoon at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts.
 
The Jags got off to a quick start in doubles, as Jack Clements and Louis Delcour won 6-3 on court one. Sébastien Collard and Maxime St-Hilaire clinched the doubles point for South with a 6-3 victory on court three.
 
In singles, Collard won in two sets on court two and Jack Clements took court one 6-3, 6-3 to put South Alabama up 3-0. St-Hilaire clinched the match for the Jags by winning in two sets on court three.
 
Delcour, Javier Montoya and Martin Bugaj won on their respective courts as South played out the match and won 7-0.
 
Date: 2/18
Place: Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts
Records: South Alabama 8-2, Nicholls 2-4
 
DOUBLES
1. Clements/Delcour (USA) def. P. Surendra Salekar/Nicola Wehrle (Nicholls) 6-3
2. Collard/St-Hilaire (USA) def. Griffin Babineaux/P. Pravin Bagade (Nicholls) 6-3
3. Bugaj/Montoya (USA) vs. Omar Morsy/Antonio Sasso (Nicholls) 4-3, UF
Order of Finish: (1,2)

SINGLES
1. Clements (USA) def. Morsy (Nicholls) 6-3, 6-3
2. Collard (USA) def. Ricardo Machado (Nicholls) 6-1, 6-2
3. St-Hilaire (USA) def. Salekar (Nicholls) 6-2, 7-6(5)
4. Delcour (USA) def. Wehrle (Nicholls) 0-6, 6-2, 6-2
5. Bugaj (USA) def. Pavle Drobnjakovic (Nicholls) 6-0, 7-5
6. Montoya (USA) def. Sasso (Nicholls) 6-3, 7-6(2)
Order of Finish: (2,1,3,4,5,6)
 
NOTES
- USA improved to 13-1 all-time against Nicholls.
- The Jags are now 6-0 at home this season.
- St-Hilaire remains unbeaten (8-0) in dual match play in singles this year.
- Bugaj won his fourth singles dual match this spring.
- Clements improved to 7-0 this spring in singles competition.
- Delcour is now 55-27 in singles competition for his career.
- Collard improved to 51-22 in his singles career
 
THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Nick Brochu
- On today's performance:
"I felt pretty good. We had some good and bad. Number one, I liked how some of the guys stepped up, like Jack [Clements]. Jack had a big match at number one and stepped up and played good tennis. Seb [Collard], what I really liked about his match is that he took care of business and put the guy away quickly. Everything was going well and we were cruising and some of the guys at the end took it too easy which allowed Nicholls to come back and get back into the match. We need to work on closing matches. We need to start focusing on playing the ball and not the opponent. I think at one point, we were looking at the other guy too much and got distracted. At the end of the day, we were able to close it and win every match. So, that was good. Overall, I'm happy but once we start playing conference opponents, we can't take have those letdowns."
 
- On previewing LSU:
"LSU is going to be a good test. Number one, we just played Auburn. Auburn is a similar team to LSU. After seeing what happened with Auburn, gave us a lot of confidence. We were really close to upsetting Auburn and now the guys are believing that one court at a time, we can beat those big SEC teams. It's going to be interesting. We've seen some of LSU's guys in the fall but it has been awhile since we have played LSU. We don't know them so we just have to focus on us. We have to play some good tennis. We've been playing good in doubles. So, we have to just go out there and take care of our business and see how it goes."
 
UP NEXT
- The Jags will travel to Baton Rouge, La. on Sunday to take on LSU at 12 p.m. (CST).
 
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