For the second straight Saturday, the LSU tennis team took on a Top 10 Southeastern Conference foe, and the results were the same.
Saturday’s contest against No. 2 Tennessee ended closer than the 7-0 defeat No. 8 Georgia handed the Tigers, but the 4-3 loss at the hands of the Volunteers was never as close as the score indicated.
Tennessee’s John-Patrick Smith and Boris Conkic, the nation’s top doubles team took down senior Sebastian Carlsson and junior Neal Skupski, 8-3.
No. 3 Rhyne Williams and Tennys Sandgren disposed of LSU sophomores Stefan Szacinski and Roger Anderson, 8-6 to capture the doubles point.
Smith, the No. 12 player in the country, knocked off Tiger sophomore Olivier Borsos, 6-3, 6-3.
Sandgren dropped Carlsson in straight sets to increase the Tennessee lead to 3-0.
After senior Julien Gauthier put the Tigers on the board with a win against Jarryd Chaplin, Skupski succumbed to Williams 6-4, 7-6, finishing the Tigers off.
Carlsson and junior Mark Bowtell won their respective matches to add window dressing to the Tiger loss.
LSU will play Auburn at home on Friday afternoon.
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