Men’s Tennis Edged Out in First of Three on the Road

Sunday, February 24

Mobile, Ala.

10:00 AM

Florida Atlantic

South Alabama

Photo by: JC Ridley/Owlpix.com

2/24/2019 6:07:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

MOBILE, Ala. – The Florida Atlantic University men's tennis team fell on Sunday afternoon to South Alabama, 4-2, in the team's first of three matches in three days on the road.

Notables:

FAU (8-6) won the doubles point, winning the No. 1 and No. 3 matchups
No. 3 recorded the first point, with Kirac Bekisoglu and Thomas Guy winning 6-2
The clinch came at No. 1, Jason Legall and Ignacio Garcia combining for a 6-3 win
The team took a 2-1 lead when Mehdi Laalej posted a straight-set singles win at No. 4, 6-2, 6-2
But USA (7-2), who had already won at No. 5, took the matchups at No. 3, No. 6 and No. 2, the last in three sets, for the victory

Full Results:
South Alabama 4, FAU 2
Doubles
1. Jason Legall/Ignacio Garcia (FAU) def. Loic Cloes/Clement Marzol (USA) 6-3
2. Sacha Modica/Sam Serrano (USA) vs. Gabriel Sidney/Mehdi Laalej (FAU) 4-4, unfinished
3. Kirac Bekisoglu/Thomas Guy (FAU) def. Louis Delcour/Collin Scheufler (USA) 6-2

Singles
1. Sacha Modica (USA) vs. Jason Legall (FAU) 7-6, 5-7, 1-0, unfinished
2. #96 Clement Marzol (USA) def. Kirac Bekisoglu (FAU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
3. Loic Cloes (USA) def. Gabriel Sidney (FAU) 6-4, 6-4
4. Mehdi Laalej (FAU) def. Sam Serrano (USA) 6-2, 6-2
5. Maxime Lapraille (USA) def. Ignacio Garcia (FAU) 6-1, 6-3
6. Louis Delcour (USA) def. Alvaro Fernandez Horta (FAU) 6-4, 6-3

What's Next:
The middle matchup of three on the road comes Monday afternoon in Athens, Georgia, against the Georgia Bulldogs. Match time is 2:30 p.m. The contest can be viewed live, at this link.