The No. 31 LSU men’s tennis team defeated No. 47 Arkansas, 4-0, on Saturday in W.T. “Dub” Robinson Stadium.The Tigers got off to a good start in doubles play as senior Michael Venus and freshman Neal Skupski defeated Blake Strode and Chris Nott of Arkansas, 8-4. The LSU sophomore duo of Julien Gauthier and Sebastian Carlsson clinched the doubles point beating Arkansas’ Taylor King and Matt Walters, 8-5.”This was one of our most complete matches we have played from doubles throughout the lineup,” said LSU coach Jeff Brown. With a 1-0 match advantage, the Tigers won three straight singles matches to clinch the overall victory.Gauthier defeated Arkansas’ Nikolas Sogaj, 6-1, 6-3, and freshman Mark Bowtell took down Arkansas’ Tyler Tarnasky, 6-3, 6-1, to make the score 3-0.Skupski gave the Tigers the overall victory, 4-0, when he beat Dmitry Lebedev, 7-5, 7-3.”I’m proud of our group of seniors–they fought hard ,” Brown said. “We are beginning to play our best and have gained great momentum toward the end of the season.”The Tigers return to the court for the Southeastern Conference tournament April 23 in Auburn, Ala.LADY TIGERS FALL TO ARKANSASThe No. 22 LSU women’s tennis team fell to No. 14 Arkansas, 4-3, in Fayetteville, Ark. on Saturday.”It was a very tough loss to a great team,” said LSU women’s coach Tony Minnis. “We need to get the momentum back that we had a couple of weeks ago.”In doubles action, Arkansas got off to a good start when Ela Kaluder and Aurelija Miseviciute beat LSU’s Nicole Kantor and Staten Spencer, 8-4.LSU’s No. 25 doubles team of Megan Falcon and Mykala Hedberg battled to defeat Nanar Airapetian and Anouk Tigu, 9-7But the Lady Razorbacks clinched the doubles point when Emily Carbone and Kate Lukomskaya took down LSU’s Hannah Robinson and Whitney Wolf, 8-5.In singles play, the Lady Tigers were awarded an automatic point because Arkansas did not have a player to compete on court six.Arkansas took a 2-1 lead after No. 79 Kaluder defeated Hedberg, 6-1, 6-0. No. 11 ranked Falcon battled but came up short against the No. 2 overall player in the nation when Miseviciute beat her, 6-2, 6-1, to make the match score 3-1.Lukomskaya clinched the overall match for Arkansas, beating Robinson, 6-3, 6-4.Although the match was already decided, the Lady Tigers won two more singles matches to make the final score 4-3. Wolf took down Carbone, 7-6, 6-1, and Kantor rebounded to defeat Airapetian after losing the first set.The Lady Tigers return to the courts for the SEC tournament April 23, in Fayetteville, Ark.——Contact Tyler Harvey at [email protected]