It was a rough weekend for LSU tennis.Georgia and Tennessee defeated both the LSU men’s and women’s teams this past weekend.The men’s team fought valiantly against No. 5 Tennessee before losing the final match of the day Sunday, handing the Tigers a 4-3 defeat at W.T. “Dub” Robinson Stadium. The loss was the third in a row for LSU (6-8, 1-5) and the sixth in its last eight matches.The Volunteers jumped out to an early lead by taking the doubles point, winning two of the three matches. In singles play, the Tigers won the first two matches before losing three of the last five including the final match, which made the difference for Tennessee.Tennessee men’s head coach Sam Winterbotham was pleased with his team’s performance Sunday.”It was a great weekend of [Southeastern Conference] tennis,” Winterbotham said in a Tennessee news release. “[Tennessee associate head coach] Chris [Woodruff] and I couldn’t be more proud of the guys and how they performed today.” The LSU women didn’t show the same fight as the men.The women traveled to Knoxville, Tenn., and were handed a 7-0 defeat at the hands of the Lady Vols. LSU senior Megan Falcon had her five-match win streak stopped when Tennessee junior Caitlin Whoriskey defeated her in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4.”Tennessee played an outstanding match, and what we have to do is regroup and get ready for next week,” said LSU women’s coach Tony Minnis.Friday was not any better for either of LSU’s teams. The men’s team traveled to face No. 2 Georgia and fell to the Bulldogs, 5-2.The Tigers had the match tied at 2 before Georgia junior Jaime Hunt defeated LSU freshman Neal Skupski in three sets. The Bulldogs never looked back from that point.”We battled and played great in spots but not our best in others,” said LSU men’s coach Jeff Brown. “We are starting to put it together.”The women’s team took on No. 2 Georgia at home and was defeated, 4-2.LSU jumped out to a 1-0 lead when Falcon defeated Georgia junior Yvette Hyndman, but the Lady Tigers failed to capitalize on the early lead.The doubles matches were not played because of bad weather.——Contact Rob Landry at [email protected]