Men's Tennis Team Will Rankings
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Men’s Tennis vs Arkansas (April 14, 2007, 1 p.m.) Baton Rouge, La. • W.T. “Dub” Robinson Tennis Stadium LSU RECORD 14-5, 6-4 SEC RANKING: NO. 12 OPPONENT ROSTER LSU FACES ARKANSAS IN REGULAR-SEASON FINALE ARKANSAS (0-10, 7-20 SEC) The No. 12-ranked LSU men's tennis team will Rankings. Sophomore Blake Strode is listed at No. 77 in sin- host the Arkansas Razorbacks in its regular-sea- gles and the duo of Strode and junior Colin Mascall is listed Braden Burks So. son finale on Saturday at 1 p.m. at the W.T. "Dub" at No. 49 in doubles. Branden Joost Fr. T Taylor King So. Robinson Tennis Stadium. Postseason Push SALUTE TO THE Dmitry Lebedev Fr. In the past The Tigers will try to do their part in securing Colin Mascall Jr. SENIORS: Gabriel Mattos Fr. LSU leads the all-time series against LSU will honor its three a bye in next week's Southeastern Andrei Nicoara Sr. Arkansas with an 18-4 record. However, The Conference Championships, which will be John Shults So. seniors, Bryan, DeRoche Connor Smith Jr. Razorbacks won last season's match in and Skupski, after the held at Robinson Tennis Stadium. The top Drew Sosebee Fr. Fayetteville, Ark. by a 4-3 score. four teams in the overall conference stand- Blake Strode So. doubles portin of the match Jorge Villanueva Fr. In the rankings ings will receive a bye in the tournament. Dmitry Vlaskin Fr. LSU represents two doubles teams in the top 20 with Georgia and Ole Miss have secured the top two seeds, Bradwin Williams Fr. Brian Yanulis So. Danny Bryan and Colt Gaston (No. 7), and James Cluskey while LSU, Alabama, Auburn, Florida and Tennessee are all and Ken Skupski (No. 19.) in contention for the third and fourth spot. In singles the Tigers list three players, including About the opponent # - national singles rankings Skupski (No. 24), Bryan (No. 34) and Kevin Dessauer (No. Arkansas (0-10, 7-20 SEC) is led by head coach Robert 76.) Cox, who is in his 20th season of leading the Razorbacks. Arkansas represents one singles player and one dou- The Razorbacks have lost their last seven matches. Most 2007 SCHEDULE/RESULTS bles team in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association recently, Alabama defeated Arkansas, 6-1, on Sunday. Date Opponent Time/Result LSU TEAM INFORMATION February 9 Southern W/6-0 ROSTER HEAD COACH JEFF BROWN 10 Centenary W/6-0 Danny Bryan Record at LSU: 173-79 (10th year) 11 Southern Miss W/7-0 6-4, Sr., New Orleans, La./Brother Martin HS 1998 SEC Co-Coach of the Year 17 #60 UL-Lafayette W/7-0 20 #30 Rice W/4-3 Martel Campbell 1998 ITA Region III Coach of the Year 24 #2 Ohio State L/4-2 5-10, Jr., Santa Ana. Calif./Pacific Coast HS 1998 Louisiana Coach of the Year 27 #49 TCU W/6-1 James Cluskey 1999 College Tennis Magazine National Coach 6-6, So., Dublin Ireland/Belvedere College March of the Year 2 #30 Tennessee* W/4-3 Eric DeRoche 1999 Louisiana Coach of the Year 4 #1 Georgia* L/6-1 5-11, Sr. River Ridge, La./St. Martin’s Episcopal HS 2001 Louisiana Coach of the Year Kevin Dessauer 9 #47 Kentucky* W/6-1 2002 Louisiana Coach of the Year 11 #32 Vanderbilt* W/6-1 6-2, Jr. New Orleans, La./Archbishop Rummel HS 2005 Louisiana Coach of the Year 17 #46 Texas A&M W/4-3 Colt Gaston 20 #6 Illinois W/4-3 23 #55 South Carolina* W/4-0 6-5, Jr. Rome, Ga./Rome HS ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH MARK BOORAS 25 #25 Florida* L/4-3 Ken Skupski • Ninth season 30 #10 Ole Miss* L/3-4 6-1, Sr. Liverpool, England/King David HS •2004 ITA Southeast Regional Assist ant Coach Jonathan Tragardh April of the Year 1 #61 Mississippi State* W/6-1 5-11, Jr. Indian Hills, Calif./Erskine Online Academy 6 #12 Alabama* W/5-2 Michael Venus SUPPORT STAFF 8 #40 Auburn* L/4-3 6-3, So., Orlando, Fla./Olympia HS (University of Texas) ATHLETIC TRAINERS: JAMIE KENNEDY/ASHANTE M. 14 Arkansas* 1 p.m. Jan Zelezny 19-22 SEC Championships*TBA SIMMS 6-0, Jr., Prague, The Czech Republic/Gymnazium Oriska (Colorado) (Baton Rouge, La.) MANAGER: STEVIE BACALA May Pronunciation Guide 11-13 NCAA First and Second Rounds Mark Booras BORE-us TBA Kevin Dessauer DESS-our 17-28 NCAA Finals and Individual TBA Eric DeRoche de ROACH Ken Skupski SKUHP-skee Bold denotes home match Jonathan Tragardh TRAY-gard * denotes SEC match Jan Zelezny YAWN CONTACT: ALEX RESTREPO •LSU SPORTS INFORMATION •(225) 578-8226 - FAX (225) 578-1861 •P.O. BOX 25909 • BATON ROUGE, LA.