MOBILE, Ala. – The Coastal Carolina men's tennis team suffered its first Sun Belt Conference loss of the season Sunday afternoon, falling 4-1 to South Alabama at the Jaguars Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts.
 
Coastal drops to 11-6, 1-1 with the loss.
 
South Alabama captured the doubles point with wins of 6-3 at No. 2 and 6-4 at No. 1.
 
Maxime Lapraille made it a 2-0 lead for USA after winning the first singles point at No. 4. Loic Cloes stretched that lead to 3-0 with a straight-sets win at No. 2.
 
Gonzalo Achondo provided Coastal's first and only point of the match, defeating Louis Delcour, 6-2, 7-5, at No. 5.
 
Sam Serrano delivered the match-clincher for USA at No. 3.
 
Coastal returns home next weekend to host a pair of matches against UTA (Friday) and Louisiana (Sunday) at the Stevens Tennis Complex.
 
South Alabama 4, Coastal Carolina 1
Singles competition
1. Sacha Modica (USA) vs. Faria, Luiz (CCU) 6-4, 3-3, unfinished
2. Loic Cloes (USA) def. Talic, Zak (CCU) 6-4, 6-3
3. Sam Serrano (USA) def. Popov, Joel (CCU) 6-3, 6-2
4. Maxime Lapraille (USA) def. Hyrkkonen, Pyry (CCU) 6-3, 6-0
5. Achondo, Gonzalo (CCU) def. Louis Delcour (USA) 6-2, 7-5
6. Santiago Di Loreto (USA) vs. Tanabe, Daiki (CCU) 6-3, 4-5, unfinished
 
Doubles competition
1. Sacha Modica/Sam Serrano (USA) def. Talic, Zak/Popov, Joel (CCU) 6-4
2. Loic Cloes/Santiago Di Loreto (USA) def. Perrin, Lawrence/Cori, Francesco (CCU) 6-3
3. Maxime Lapraille/Louis Delcour (USA) vs. Faria, Luiz/Tanabe, Daiki (CCU) 4-5, unfinished
 
Match Notes:
Coastal Carolina 11-6
South Alabama 12-5
Order of Finish: Doubles: (2,1); Singles; (4,2,5,3)