There’s nothing like a long homestand to get a team well-rested and ready for the postseason — just ask the No. 20 LSU men’s tennis team.

Throughout the semester-long season, the countless hours traveling around the country can wear a team down. The Tigers’ (13-10, 4-7 Southeastern Conference) most recent matches at Florida and South Carolina showed the grueling nature of SEC travel.

“There are some late nights on the road,” said LSU assistant coach Danny Bryan. “When we played Florida, we started at 5 at night, didn’t finish until 9:30, and finally got to bed around midnight. Then we travel six hours the next day and have a [practice at South Carolina]. Then you play a match the next day. … You just get kind of worn out.”

The Tigers had a reprieve from the road over the last two weeks because they haven’t left Baton Rouge since April 1. It is the only time this semester that they have played consecutive weekends at W.T. “Dub” Robinson Stadium. Bryan said the benefits of the 10-day homestand cannot be overstated.

“A lot of the time [this season], we have been winning Friday and then not doing well on Sunday [on the road],” Bryan said.

LSU bucked that trend last weekend with a Sunday win against No. 4 Tennessee, something senior Stefan Szacinski attributed to the Tigers being able to follow a more reasonable schedule leading up to the match.

Szacinski and his fellow seniors could be playing their final matches at home when LSU hosts SEC cellar-dweller Arkansas and Southwestern Athletic Conference foe Alcorn State at noon and 5 p.m. Saturday in a Senior Day doubleheader.