The LSU men’s tennis team, fresh off a successful Southern Regional, will take the court for the final time in 2010 this weekend as it plays in the USF Fall Invitational in Tampa, Fla.
Jacksonville University, Troy University and host University of South Florida join the Tigers in Tampa.
Each team will bring eight players to the event and will play one opposing school each day of the three-day event. The Tigers will take on Jacksonville’s squad Friday, USF’s Saturday and will close out the event Sunday against Troy.
Each team will seed its players No. 1 through No. 8. Four groups will be created from those seedings. Group one includes each team’s No. 1 and No. 2 seeds. Group two includes the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds. Groups three and four continue through the eighth seed.
Senior Julien Gauthier and sophomore Olivier Borsos are the Tigers’ Nos. 1 and 2 seeds, respectively. Junior Tom Knights and sophomore Stefan Szacinski are the Nos. 3 and 4 seeds. Sophomore James Turbervil and senior Cody Loup are seeded No. 5 and 6. Rounding out the LSU squad are sophomore Roger Anderson and junior David Roberts.
In doubles play, Anderson and Borsos will team up as the No. 1 Tiger duo.
Coach Jeff Brown has been happy with the team’s progress this fall heading into the spring season.
“It’s been a really productive fall,” he said. “Our strength and conditioning programs have been successful, and our tournament records have been better than they have in quite awhile, especially the [Southern] regionals.”
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