One day after LSU freshman women’s tennis player Keri Frankenberger earned All-Southeastern Conference Second Team honors, LSU sophomore men’s tennis player Neal Skupski picked up conference honors of his own.Skupski, like Frankenberger, was named Second Team All-SEC on the men’s side Thursday. Skupski was the only Tiger to earn a spot on either the first or second team.Skupski compiled a 17-18 overall record on the season with a 7-11 record in the No. 1 spot for the Tigers. He also went 0-2 in the No. 2 spot.”Neal did an excellent job of raising the bar by moving from the No. 4 position last year to being at the top of the lineup now,” LSU men’s coach Jeff Brown said in a news release. “Neal has had several wins at the highest level this year, and he only continues to improve.”Skupski is tied with sophomore Mark Bowtell and juniors Sebastian Carlsson and Julien Gauthier for the team lead with five conference wins. He racked up a 5-6 record in SEC matches.The Liverpool, England, native’s 17 wins were second best for LSU behind Carlsson’s 20. Skupski and Carlsson also went 5-3 as a doubles pair on the season.Skupski helped the Tigers advance to the second round of the SEC tournament by picking up a doubles victory in LSU’s 4-2 win against Alabama in the first round. Skupski was trailing in his singles match against Alabama’s Saketh Myneni, 2-6, 6-4, 2-5, but the contest went unfinished, as the match had already been clinched by then.Skupski lost his second-round SEC tournament match in singles in LSU’s 4-0 loss to Tennessee. His doubles match went unfinished after the Volunteers clinched the match.Tennessee won both the regular season and tournament conference crowns. The Volunteers went 11-0 in the regular season and took the tournament championship with a 4-0 victory against Florida.Tennessee won or shared three of the four major conference awards. The Volunteers also had four players named to the First Team and one player named to the Second Team.Tennessee coach Sam Winterbotham won SEC Coach of the Year, while Tennessee junior John-Patrick Smith was awarded SEC Player of the Year.Volunteer Rhyne Williams shared SEC Freshman of the Year with Vanderbilt’s Ryan Lipman. Alabama senior Saketh Myneni garnered SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year.
 
 
 
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