The LSU swimming and diving teams get back on the road this weekend as they head to New Orleans to take on UNO.The Tigers (0-4, 0-3) and Lady Tigers (1-4,0-3) will try to rebound from back-to-back losses at Alabama and Florida State last weekend.”It will be fun to revive another in-state competition so close to home,” LSU head coach Adam Schmitt said in a press release. “They reopened their pool this year, and we look forward to competing there.”The Tigers and Lady Tigers have received strong individual swims despite the skid. In the weekend losses, many swimmers swam season bests in their respective events.LSU freshmen Andrei Tuomola and Craig Hamilton enjoyed their first road trip as Tigers.Tuomola swam his season-best in the 50-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 20.47 seconds against Alabama and then followed the next day with a team season best in the 100-yard breaststroke with a 56.47-second time.Tuomola was also part of the 200-yard medley relay that swam a season-best against Alabama.Hamilton swam season bests at Florida State in both the 1,000-yard and 500-yard freestyle, clocking 9 minutes, 15.64 seconds and 4 minutes, 30.20 seconds.LSU junior Hannes Heyl swam this season’s fastest time in the 100-yard butterfly against Alabama at 49.48 seconds.Junior Clint Hallum swam a team best in the 200-yard freestyle and the 200-yard individual medley against Alabama. He swam a season best in the 200-yard breast the following day at Florida State finishing in 2 minutes, 5 seconds.Sophomore diver Brian Gemberling notched NCAA Diving Zone Regional qualifying scores against Alabama, and sophomore Simon Diefenthal swam a season-best in the 200-yard backstroke.Senior Sean LeNeave swam a season best in the 200-yard butterfly against Florida State after his teammate sophomore Martin Jungfleisch notch the top time against Alabama.Junior Jane Trepp swam season best in the 100-yard breaststroke and the 100-yard butterfly in the Lady Tigers’ 162-138 loss to Florida State. She was also a part of the 200-yard medley relay squad that notch a season best time.The Lady Tigers won a lot of events against Florida State.”On the women’s side, we won 10 of the 16 events but just got behind because of a lack of depth,” Schmitt said after the meet. “We are a young team, and I thought we responded well in our first road trip. As we continue to grow and develop, I think we’ll get better and better.”Schmitt said he wants to see more from his team despite the strong performances.”I’m still looking to see some of our athletes step up this season,” Schmitt said. “I’m hopeful we’ll see some of that against the Privateers.”Trepp said LSU’s goal for the meet is to swim fast.”I wouldn’t say this meet should be taken differently than any other meet,” she said. “Our main goal is of course to win, but also it’s exciting to see how people step up and show fast times.”The LSU men and women defeated UNO last season in the LSU Invitational. The meet invite was highlighted by performances from departed seniors, but the LSU roster still features some of the meet’s top performers. Junior Kannon Betzon won the 100-yard breaststroke and senior Luc Rykosky won the 500-yard freestyle. —-Contact Amos Morale at [email protected]