The LSU women’s tennis team lost its regular season finale 1-6 Saturday against Southeastern Conference opponent Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark.

LSU (8-15, 1-12 SEC) started the day off slowly against Arkansas (12-14, 4-9 SEC), losing the doubles competition. The duo of sophomore Mary Jeremiah and junior Ariel Morton dropped their match on court one, and soon after, senior Kaitlin Burns and freshman Ella Taylor dropped their match, which secured the doubles point for Arkansas.

Playing in their final regular-season match, the senior duo of Keri Frankenberger and Ebie Wilson — the Lady Tigers’ best doubles pairing this year — wasn’t able to finish its match.

“It was a good battle,” said LSU coach Julia Sell. “Arkansas is a very good team.”

LSU’s struggles continued into the singles competition, as Taylor dropped her match in straight sets on court two.

Frankenberger was the first Lady Tiger to get on the scoreboard after she won her match on court five in straight sets. She has struggled with back pain all season but has rounded into form in recent weeks.

“She was feeling good and was able to roll right through her match,” Sell said. “She kept the pedal to the metal and finished out strong there.”

Frankenberger’s fellow seniors — Burns and Wilson — didn’t fare as well in the singles competition, though. Both fell in straight sets on courts one and six.

Morton and Jeremiah completed the tough day for LSU when they both fell in straight sets.

“We’ve had a lot of tough matches and taken some tough losses,” Sell said. “We haven’t played our best tennis yet.”

The Lady Tigers will now look to the SEC Tournament to salvage some success from this season. LSU will play Wednesday, which doesn’t leave them much time to prepare.

“We don’t have a lot of time, being in the bottom of the SEC,” Sell said. “We only really have Monday and Tuesday to make some adjustments.”