The University of South Alabama men's tennis team begins conference play with two matches on the road and play at Georgia Southern on Saturday at 10 a.m. (CST).
On Sunday, the Jags head to Atlanta to take on No. 75 Georgia State at 10 a.m. (CST).
MATCH INFORMATION
Date: 3/19
Place: Wallis Tennis Center
Opponent: Georgia Southern
Record: 6-5
Time: 10 a.m. (CST)
MATCH INFORMATION
Date: 3/20
Place: Peachtree City Tennis Center
Opponent: Georgia State
Record: 8-6
Time: 10 a.m. (CST)
ON THE COURT FOR THE JAGUARS
- Louis Delcour (Sr., Lille, France, 18-6 Singles, 14-9 Doubles)
- Sébastien Collard (Jr., Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, 18-6 Singles, 13-9 Doubles)
- Jack Clements (Jr., Inverloch, Australia, 13-5 Singles, 14-8 Doubles)
- Martin Bugaj (Jr., Hodonin, Czech Republic, 4-5 Singles, 5-7 Doubles)
- Philip Bosman (So., Auburn, Ala., 4-5 Singles, 5-3 Doubles)
- Maxime St-Hilaire (Fr., Levis, Canada, 19-6 Singles, 15-8 Doubles)
- Javier Montoya (Fr., Madrid, Spain, 9-9 Singles, 5-9 Doubles)
- Juan Martin Accossatto (Fr., San Rafael, Argentina, 1-1 Singles, 3-3 Doubles)
NOTES
- South Alabama is 7-2 all-time against Georgia Southern and have won the past six meetings since 1990. USA won last year's meeting 4-1.
- The Jags are 9-6 all-time versus Georgia State and are 3-1 on the road in the series. South split two matches against the Panthers last year but won the Sun Belt Conference Championship with a 4-1 victory.
- St-Hilaire has a team-high 19 wins in singles this season, including a 9-3 mark in dual matches this spring.
- Collard and Delcour are both tied for second with 18 wins.
- Collard, Clements and Delcour each have eight wins this spring in singles competition.
- Collard leads the team with nine wins in doubles action this spring.
- St-Hilaire and Collard have won four of their last five matches as a duo in doubles.
THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Nick Brochu
- On opening conference play:
"This is a big weekend for. We are on the road against two good teams and is going to be a good test. We competed at a very high level on our last road trip from Florida and we learned a lot from that. Hopefully, we can take the best out of that trip and apply it to this one. Everybody is always talking about the rivalry between us and Georgia State, which is a great rivalry. But at the same time, we have to go one match at a time. Georgia Southern is a good team. They have a new coach and a new roster. They have been training very hard so we have to focus on Saturday before thinking about Sunday. It doesn't matter if it is in the regular season or the conference tournament, every time we play Georgia State the level of play is really high. We have a lot of respect for each other but at the same time, it is a really big rivalry. I think the healthy rivalry really helps both programs. We are looking forward to a great weekend."
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