MOBILE, Ala.  – The University of South Alabama men's tennis team defeated New Orleans 5-2 on Saturday afternoon at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts.
 
Jack Clements and Louis Delcour opened up doubles with a 6-3 win on court one. Martin Bugaj and Javier Montoya clinched the doubles point on court three to put the Jags on top 1-0.
 
In singles, Javier Montoya won in straight sets on court five to extend the lead to 2-0. After dropping the first set, Clements battled back to win in three sets to make it 3-0. New Orleans took court four to cut the deficit to 3-1. Sébastien Collard clinched the match for the Jags with a three-set victory on court one.
 
Delcour won in three sets on court three to push the lead to 5-1, while the Privateers won on court six to make the final score 5-2.
 
Date: 3/26
Place: Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts
Records: South Alabama 12-6 (2-1), New Orleans 12-5
 
DOUBLES
1. Clements/Delcour (USA) def. Akos Koterman/Max Heinzel (New Orleans) 6-3
2. Collard/Philip Bosman (USA) vs. Marcel Volz/Luke Joujan (New Orleans) 6-5, UF
3. Bugaj/Montoya (USA) def. Matthew Armbruster/Dhruv Tangri (New Orleans) 6-4
Order of Finish: (1,3)
 
SINGLES
1. Collard (USA) def. Volz (New Orleans) 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
2. Clements (USA) def. Heinzel (New Orleans) 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
3. Delcour (USA) def. David Tesic (New Orleans) 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
4. Joujan (New Orleans) def. Bugaj (USA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
5. Montoya (USA) def. Kotorman (New Orleans) 6-0, 7-5
6. Armbruster (New Orleans) def. Bosman (USA) 6-2, 6-7(2), 7-5
Order of Finish: (5,2,4,1,2,6)
 
NOTES
- South Alabama improves to 17-2 all-time against New Orleans, including a 14-1 mark at home. USA has won all four matches against the Privateers since 2010.
- The Jags are now 8-0 at home this season.
- The 8-0 start at home is the best since the 2017 team also won its first eight home matches.
- Clements and Delcour are now 9-5 at No. 1 in doubles this spring.
- Clements improved to 14-6 this season in singles.
- Collard is 21-7 in singles action this season.
- Delcour is also 21-7 in singles competition this season.
- Montoya and Bugaj won their second match as a duo this spring.
 
THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Nick Brochu
- On today's performance:
"Yesterday we played for four hours and I definitely think it took a toll on us. Today we played for over three hours and we were just tired but we dug deep. When things get tough, you look up to your captains and your leaders like Seb [Collard] and Louis [Delcour]. Seb didn't have a great day but I told him he had to find a way to make it work and he clinched the match for us. Louis was running out of gas at the end but the finish line was right there and he closed it. We had a lot of three-set matches today. It was a long weekend and came up with two wins and that's great. Now, we have to do a lot of recovery and rehab. We have a huge weekend coming up. It's going to be maybe the biggest weekend of our season, playing two big opponents at home. I'm pretty happy about today but we need to get ready for next weekend."
 
UP NEXT
- The Jags will host Louisiana on Saturday at 10 a.m. (CST) at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts.
 
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