Championship Central

STARKVILLE, Miss. — South Alabama defeated the nationally ranked Tulane, 4-1 in the first round of the 2019 NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championship at the A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre in Starkville, Miss., on Friday afternoon. 

The Jaguars earned the double point against the No. 40 Green Wave with a winner from Loic Cloes to break Tulane's serve. The No. 75 ranked pair of Cloes and Marzol got the 6-3 win. 

South Alabama took control of singles, winning the first set in four of the six matches. Louis Delcour clinched the first singles match for the Jags with a decisive 6-0 win in the second set. Maxime Lapraille followed suit and got the 6-1 in the third set after losing in the first. With the Jags up 3-1, Sam Serrano downed his opponent on court four in straight sets to clinch for the Jags.

South Alabama 4, Tulane 1
Doubles
1. No. 75 Cloes/Marzol (USA) def. Moore/Schick, 6-3
2. Kotorman/Stewart (Tulane) Modica/Serrano (USA) , 2-6
3. Lapraille/Delcour (USA) def. Erlenbusch/Esses (Tulane), 6-1
Singles
1. Sacha Modica (USA) vs. No. 65 Ewan Moore, 6-4, 2-6, 2-3, unfinished
2. Loic Cloes (USA) vs. No. 101 Luis Erlenbusch, 5-7, 6-3, 2-2, unfinished
3. Hamish Stewart (Tulane) def. Clement Marzol (USA), 6-2, 6-0
4. Sam Serrano (USA) def. Dane Esses (Tulane), 7-5, 6-4
5. Maxime Lapraille (USA) def. Tyler Schick (Tulane) 6-3, 1-6, 6-1
6. Louis Delcour (USA) def. Tim Ruetzel (Tulane), 7-5, 6-0

Order of Finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (3,6,5,4)