MOBILE, Ala.  – The University of South Alabama men's tennis team defeated UTA 4-0 Sunday afternoon at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts.
 
Sébastien Collard and Maxime St-Hilaire opened up doubles with a 6-4 victory at No. 2. Jack Clements and Louis Delcour clinched the doubles point for the Jags with a win on court one.
 
In singles, Javier Montoya won in straight sets at No. 6 and Delcour quickly followed with a two-set victory on court three to put South up 3-0. Clements clinched the match for South Alabama with a win in straight sets on court two.
 
Date: 4/3
Place: Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts
Records: South Alabama 14-6 (4-1), UTA 12-10 (1-4)
 
DOUBLES
1. Clements/Delcour (USA) def. Miguel Cabrera/Anton Shepp (UTA) 7-6(6)
2. Collard/St-Hilaire (USA) def. Daichi Akiyoshi/Solano Caffarena (UTA) 6-4
3. Martin Bugaj/Montoya (USA) vs. Alan Sau Franco/Ricardo Alban (UTA) 5-6, UF
Order of Finish: (2,1)
 
SINGLES
1. Collard (USA) vs. Sau Franco (UTA) 3-6, 6-1, UF
2. Clements (USA) def. Cabrera (UTA) 6-1, 7-6(4)
3. Delcour (USA) def. Shepp (UTA) 6-3, 6-2
4. St-Hilaire (USA) vs. Caffarena (UTA) 4-6, 4-3, UF
5. Bugaj (USA) vs. Akiyoshi (UTA) 3-6, 1-5, UF
6. Montoya (USA) def. Habib Stambouli (UTA) 6-2, 6-3
Order of Finish: (6,3,2)
 
NOTES
- USA leads UTA 6-1 in the all-time series.
- The Jags are 10-0 at home this season.
- South has won four straight games and is currently tied for first place in the Sun Belt standings with Georgia State and Louisiana.
- Clements and Delcour are 11-5 at the No. 1 position in doubles and 15-5 overall. Clements and Delcour have won four straight matches.
- Collard and St-Hilaire have won nine of their last 10 matches playing at No. 2 in doubles and improved to 12-2 playing together this spring.
- Delcour is 23-7 this season in singles, including a 13-4 mark this spring. Delcour has won four straight singles matches.
- With the win at No. 6, Montoya is 8-6 in singles this spring.
- Clements improved to 15-6 in singles and 11-4 in dual matches this spring.
 
THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Nick Brochu
- On today's performance:
"We had a slow start in doubles. I wasn't happy about that and it almost cost us the doubles point. We had to play catch up. We were moving slowly, not playing aggressively and UTA got on top of us. I think we are lucky to get the doubles point. We woke up at the end before it was too late and were able to get the point. The guys at No. 1 and No. 2 played some big tennis and came up big on some big points. That's the problem when you have a big win, you tend to relax and celebrate that big win. The next day you think you are going to cruise. Today was different, UTA came out storming and they were loud. At one point, I was wondering if we were playing in Arlington. The guys got together and played some good tennis. On paper, we were the best team but that means nothing out there. UTA really took it to us and it was close. We need to rest. We have a big match at Troy, our state rival. Troy always gets hyped up and excited to play us. They seem to play their best tennis against us and we have to be ready to step up. This is not a walk in the park at all. Troy is really deep and we need to be good at every single position. Yesterday, we had a great team effort. Today, we had some guys who did not do their job. Some of their opponents got extremely loud and that started some trouble. Overall, it was good. I liked the way we faced adversity with the slow start and getting the doubles point. I'll enjoy it but we have to get ready for Troy in a few days."
 
UP NEXT
- The Jags will go on the road to take on Sun Belt rival Troy on Wednesday at 2 p.m. (CST).
 
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