The No. 24 LSU men’s tennis team struggled Sunday in its toughest match yet this season, losing 7-0 to No. 4 Ohio State.

The match was played indoors, marking the first time LSU has played on indoor courts during the dual match season.

“Overall it was a good day for the experience of our guys as far as playing indoors,” said LSU coach Jeff Brown. “There’s a chance we could get pulled into indoor courts next week against Vanderbilt and Kentucky.”

The Tigers’ day started slow, as the Buckeyes dominated the doubles competition. The pair of sophomore Chris Simpson and senior Stefan Szacinski — LSU’s highest ranked doubles pairing — fell to the Buckeyes duo of senior Devin McCarthy and junior Ille Van Engelen 5-8.

LSU was ultimately swept in the doubles matches and ceded the point to Ohio State.

The Tigers’ singles lineup was shifted again as freshman Tam Trinh took over the court two slot, with senior Olivier Borsos sliding back to court three.

Borsos struggled mightily in the postponed match against Texas Tech, and has been in a seasonlong slump, going winless in five matches.

Simpson proved to be the Tigers’ bright spot once again, even though he eventually lost his match.

Simpson battled the No. 2 ranked player in the nation — junior Peter Kobelt — into a first-set super tiebreaker that he eventually lost 7-6 (11-9).

Simpson’s result was the best of all the Tiger players, as four Tigers — Trinh, Szacinski, freshman Harrison Kennedy and freshman Boris Arias — were shut out.

LSU bounced back in the second leg of Sunday’s doubleheader, winning 6-1 against the Wolves of Wright State.

Trinh, who was playing on court one for the first time this season, was the only Tiger to drop a match.

Borsos won for the first time in dual match play, besting sophomore Ricardo Pineda on court three.

“It was a good day to see where we want to get to,” Brown said. “It was also good to build a little confidence after we were beaten down a little bit.”