Mobile Courant

South Alabama men's tennis opens Sun Belt Conference play by hosting two Sun Belt newcomers this weekend in No. 75 Old Dominion on Saturday and James Madison Sunday. Both matches will be at 10 a.m at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts.
 
South (8-8) went 0-2 last weekend, falling to No. 60 Miami and No. 63 FAU. Despite the team losses, the Jags came out of last weekend with four singles wins and five doubles wins.
 
Maxime St-Hilaire earned a ranked singles win in the match against Miami, defeating No. 76 Martin Katz of Miami 6-2, 7-5. St-Hilaire's performance earned him the Sun Belt Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Week honor, his second this season.
 
Louis Delcour also got a singles win in the match against Miami, beating the Hurricanes' Martin Vergara 6-2, 6-1. In the loss at FAU, Jack Clements and Javier Montoya earned singles wins for the Jags.
 
Martin Bugaj dropped his first match of the season last weekend, but still sits at 10-2 on the season, while St-Hilaire is 10-3.
 
The Monarchs ate host to the No. 47 doubles duo in Younes Lalami and Brandon Perez, who are 2-5 on the season.
 
Old Dominion is 8-7 on the year and has lost their last three matches, falling to No. 30 San Diego, SMU and No. 42 UTSA.
 
James Madison is 7-4 on the year and won their last two matches, beating UNCG 6-1 and Lehigh 6-1.
 
South is 3-4 against Old Dominion and the Jags and Monarchs will be meeting for the first time since 2016, where ODU beat South 4-0. South is looking for a win over the Monarchs for the first time since 2015 and their first win in Mobile since 2014.
 
The Jags and the Dukes of James Madison are meeting for the first time.
 
All home matches are held at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts and admission is free. 

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