MOBILE, Ala. – Despite multiple first-set victories, South Alabama Men's Tennis could not hold on as Florida Atlantic knocked off the Jaguars, 4-1 Thursday afternoon at Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts.
 
The loss dropped the Jags to 2-2 for the year.
 
DOUBLES RESULTS
 
Havlicek/Pazdera (FAU) def. Hannig/Yiggin (USA) 6-3
Hodzic/Pignaton (FAU) def. Caby/Frumholz (USA) 6-0
 
SINGLES RESULTS
 
Goity Zapico (FAU) def. Accossatto (USA) 6-3, 7-5
Havlicek (FAU) def. Raemdonck (USA) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
Hannig (USA) def. Pazdera (FAU) 7-5, 6-4
Myslivec (FAU) def. Caby (USA) 6-4, 6-2
 
NOTABLE

• True freshman Jules Caby made his South Alabama debut, appearing in his first-career collegiate match.
• Braden Hannig secured the lone win of the day for the Jaguars. He improved to 3-1 in singles play on the year.
• Juan Accossatto and Harold van Raemdonck led their doubles match 5-3, and Deren Yigin led his singles match 6-3, 2-6, 4-3 before both matches were stopped due to clinch play.

 QUOTABLE
 
"Every year it's a big battle against FAU. We came out a little flat in doubles. Against teams like FAU, that's not going to work at all. In singles, we were looking pretty good. We won four first sets, but we kind of settled and had to start again. On three of those four, we lost the second set. We need to work on keeping our foot on the pedal. Overall, it was a very even match, but FAU played better than us on big points, and that was the difference. We're getting better, but we've still got work to do."
 
-Nick Brochu
 
UP NEXT
 
South Alabama will host UAB on Wednesday, Feb. 4. First serve is slated for 2 p.m. CT.
 
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