The No. 73 LSU men’s tennis team came to play Friday in singles, beating No. 41 South Carolina, 5-2.
LSU (3-5) dropped the doubles point, but three Tiger singles players made swift work of the Gamecocks (6-3), winning in straight sets.
Freshman Olivier Borsos secured the fourth and game-winning point for LSU, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.
No. 44 sophomore Neal Skupski and junior Sebastian Carlsson were the last to finish their three-set matches. Carlsson fell, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1, but Skupski beat No. 65 senior Diego Cubas, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.
LADY TIGERS FALL TO SOUTH CAROLINA
LSU women’s coach Tony Minnis altered the doubles lineup in hopes of securing the doubles point Friday against South Carolina.
The Lady Tigers (2-7) won the doubles point, but fell to the No. 58 Gamecocks, 5-2.The match was tied at two when South Carolina (5-3) pulled away.
Freshman Keri Frankenberger, who won in three sets, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2, was the lone Lady Tiger to come out victorious in singles.
Four of the six singles matches went to three sets. LSU freshman Kaitlin Burns snapped a seven-match win streak in her three-set loss.
 
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