The No. 24 LSU men’s tennis team dispatched Arkansas, 6-1, at a windy W.T. “Dub” Robinson Stadium on Sunday.
The Tigers (15-4, 5-3 Southeastern Conference) rebounded from Friday’s loss to Ole Miss by defeating the Razorbacks (11-11, 1-7 SEC) despite the tricky conditions. 
“It was tough at the start,” said senior Chris Simpson. “Sometimes you’ve just got to move your feet a little harder. You expect the ball to bounce somewhere then it just drifts off a little bit, so you’ve just got to be on your toes.”
LSU started quickly by claiming the doubles point. The doubles pairing of Simpson and sophomore Justin Butsch picked up a 6-1 victory against Arkansas freshman David Herrerias and sophomore Juan Marino. 
Junior Tam Trinh and sophomore Eric Perez secured the point with their 6-2 win against the Arkansas team of junior William Albanese and sophomore                        Johan den Toom.
Junior Boris Arias and sophomore Jordan Daigle, the No. 20 doubles team in the nation, left their match unfinished with the score tied, 3-3, after the doubles point was in hand.
The Tigers continued their dominance when singles matches started, claiming the first three singles matches to secure the victory.
Butsch extended LSU’s lead to 2-0 with a 6-2, 6-2 victory on Court 4 against den Toom. His lob on match point painted the baseline to secure the straight-set victory.
Simpson followed with a 6-4, 6-0 win on Court 2 against senior Jovan Parlic to stretch LSU’s lead to 3-0.
Junior Andrew Korinek clinched the victory for the Tigers with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 victory against junior Santiago Munoz on Court 5.
LSU didn’t stop there, with Daigle and Arias each prevailing in three sets to extend LSU’s lead to 6-0. Daigle won 6-2, 1-6, 7-5 on Court 1 against junior Giommarco Micolani, and Arias endured a 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 battle on Court 3 against Albanese.
“I was just trying to support the other guys on the other courts,” Daigle said. “We had a battle on Friday against Ole Miss and didn’t get the result we wanted, so it was more about just staying positive and just knowing the outcome would go in our favor if we did everything right.”
Freshman Simon Freund dropped his match 6-7, 4-6 on Court 6 to Arkansas’ Herrerias, making the final score, 6-1.
LSU coach Jeff Brown said he was pleased with his team’s response following the loss to Ole Miss on Friday.
“In order to be able to have a chance to win today, we were going to have to at some point, between the time the match [against Ole Miss] ended and today, we’re going to have to put it behind us,” Brown said. “The proper way to use it certainly is to understand what it does to you … I told the guys we were a tougher team, that we’ve been through a lot in that match and it could help us grow or you can take it a couple different ways. They responded great.”
LSU will now turn its attention to No. 20 Florida. 
The Tigers travel to Gainesville Friday to face the Gators (10-6, 5-3 SEC), and Brown said his team can build on the Arkansas match and draw on its last road match against Alabama.
“Our level is good enough to win against anyone,” Brown said. “You just want to put yourself in a position, kind of like where we were against Alabama or where we were against Ole Miss. You’re in a position to win and that’s all you can ask for against the high level teams.”
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