The Tigers and Lady Tigers hit the court with mixed results this weekend.
Junior Stefan Szacinski finished the weekend with a win in singles Sunday, along with senior David Roberts and sophomore Matt Zachary, at the Rice Fall Invitational in Houston. Freshman Chris Simpson and junior Roger Anderson lost their final singles matches of the tournament.
The doubles team of Szacinski and Anderson and the duo of senior Tom Knights and Roberts both finished the tournament with wins on Sunday.
Seniors Mark Bowtell and Tom Knights both won their consolation flight Saturday. Simpson, Anderson and sophomore James Turbervill also won Saturday second-round matches, while Szacinski, Zachary and Roberts each lost second-round matches.
Szacinski and Anderson won their second doubles match of the tournament Saturday, while the duo of Bowtell and Simpson and the team of Turbervill and Zachary won in consolation flight play. Knights and Roberts lost their consolation flight match Saturday.
Roberts, Szacinski, Anderson, Turbervill, Zachary and Simpson all defeated their first-round singles opponents Friday, while Bowtell and Knights lost, 5-7, 3-6 and 4-6, 3-6, respectively.
“We got a lot of good performances, and we got a lot of work done,” men’s coach Jeff Brown said.
The pair of Szacinski and Anderson was the only LSU doubles team to win Friday.
“We have some new teams that have some work to do,” Brown said. “But they did a good job of handling things [this weekend].”
Senior Neal Skupski and junior Olivier Borsos will compete this week in Tulsa, Okla., at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American Qualifying tournament.
“In doubles, Neal’s been playing really well, so we hope that [Skupski and Borsos] mesh as a team,” Brown said.
Two Lady Tigers were also in Texas this weekend, playing at the Stephen F. Austin Fall Invitational in Nacogdoches.
Sophomore Hayley Everett and freshman Paige Bahnsen each lost their first two singles matches Friday, but together earned a first-round doubles victory, marking the duo’s third straight doubles victory.
Everett and Bahnsen scored singles victories Saturday — Bahnsen in round robin play and Everett in consolation flight play.
The pair dropped their second-round doubles match, 0-8, but won their consolation flight match, 8-5, Saturday.
Senior Olivia Howlett and junior Kaitlin Burns lost their singles pre-qualifying matches Saturday in the first round of the ITA All-American tournament in Pacific Palisades, Calif.
Senior Whitney Wolf starts singles qualifying play in the ITA All-American tournament Tuesday, where she will also partner with Burns in doubles. 
 
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