MEN’S GOLFThe No. 24 LSU men’s golf team conquered the challenging Sawgrass Country Club Course in Ponte Vedra, Fla., to win the John Hayt Collegiate Invitational. The team posted a three-round score of 21-over par to defeat Arizona State by eight strokes after holding a second-round lead of only two strokes.LSU sophomore John Peterson captured the individual title with a score of 2-under par 214, and sophomore Andrew Loupe tied for second at even-par 216.”John and Andrew played phenomenal,” said LSU men’s golf coach Chuck Winstead in a news release. “That was a really strong test not only in the golf course, but in the level of competition. For those guys to separate themselves the way they did is something they are very capable of.”Peterson’s title is the first individual crown for LSU since Beck Troutman at the 2005 LSU Spring Invitational.SWIMMING AND DIVINGThe No. 18 Tigers finished sixth in the Southeastern Conference Championships during the weekend, posting a team score of 303 points.LSU senior Christoph Lubenau clinched a spot in the NCAA Championships in the 100-yard butterfly with a school-record time of 45.99 seconds.Lubenau was also part of the 400-yard medley relay team that placed third in the finals with a school-record time of 3 minutes, 10.54 seconds.In diving, LSU senior Niko Dalman finished 10th with a score of 291.05.The Lady Tigers finished eighth in the meet with a score of 187.Lady Tiger sophomore Jane Trepp set a school record in the 50-yard freestyle consolation bracket finals, posting a time of 22.49 seconds, which was one of the top-25 fastest times in the country this season. She won 10th overall in the event.LSU senior Vanessa Duenas broke a 19-year-old school record with a preliminary time of 1 minute, 58.15 seconds in the 200-yard butterfly. She later finished 12th in the event overall.GYMNASTICSLSU looked to clean up little mistakes during their week off from SEC competition, and they did just that in posting a season-high 197.400 in their tri-meet victory Friday night against North Carolina and Illinois-Chicago in the PMAC. The No. 6 Tigers (10-2, 3-2) won every apparatus in the tri-meet, posting 49.200 or higher on every event for the first time this season. The team also swept the all-around with LSU senior Ashleigh Clare-Kearney posting a season-high 39.625 to win.”This is what we usually see in practice,” LSU coach D-D Breaux said in a news release. “They were very relaxed tonight and didn’t give up points. We did not make many mistakes, and we stuck a lot of landings, which really helped us tonight.”LSU freshman Gloria Johnson, the SEC Freshman of the Week, posted a season-high 9.900 to win her first career individual title in the vault.TENNISThe No. 14 Tigers fell to No. 3 Ohio State on Sunday in Columbus, Ohio, 7-0.Only the LSU doubles pair of No. 9 freshman Neal Skupski and senior Michael Venus got a victory, defeating OSU’s Justin Kronauge and Steven Moneke, 8-5.”[Ohio State is] a very good team … that will be one of the teams to place in the national championship this year,” said LSU men’s tennis coach Jeff Brown. “You’re never pleased with when you lose, but I’m pleased with the way we will use [the loss]. We’re going to get a lot of mileage out of the loss.”The No. 23 Lady Tigers split their two matches Sunday, falling to No. 26 Florida State, 5-2, before defeating Southern, 6-1.”It’s always tough to bounce back after a loss,” said LSU women’s tennis coach Tony Minnis. “I was proud of the effort because they came back and showed some good resiliency. It felt good to get a win after a hard fought loss.”TRACK AND FIELDThe LSU track and field team polished a few individual performances Friday night at the LSU Twilight — the team’s final meet before the SEC Indoor Championships on Saturday.LSU senior long jumper Jeremy Hicks entered the meet No. 12 nationally in the long jump but jumped his way up to No. 4 nationally by setting an indoor personal best 25-foot, 8 3/4-inch jump. The jump moved him into No. 7 in school history.”I was extremely pleased, especially with Jeremy Hicks,” said LSU coach Dennis Shaver. “He’s starting to be consistent, and that’s real key. He’s also staying healthy, and that’s good to see.”For the Lady Tigers, LSU senior Andrea Linton won the long jump with a 20-foot, 3 1/2-inch jump, and LSU junior Katelyn Rodrigue won the pole vault with a clearance of 12-feet, 11 3/4 inches.Only two Tigers and five Lady Tigers competed in the meet.—-Contact Andy Schwehm at [email protected]