Men’s Tennis vs #12 Alabama (April 6, 2007, 4 p.m.) Baton Rouge, La. • W.T. “Dub” Robinson Tennis Stadium LSU RECORD 13-4, 5-3 SEC RANKING: NO. 13 OPPONENT ROSTER SEC WEST RIVALS NO. 13 LSU AND NO. 12 ALABAMA FACE OFF #12 ALABAMA (15-5, 5-3 SEC) he No. 13-ranked LSU men's tennis team looks Alabama represents two singles players and one to keep its hopes alive for the Southeastern doubles team in rankings. Joseph Jung (No. 82) and Billy Jarvis Bes Jr. Conference Western Division title Friday when it Mertz (No. 86) are listed in singles rakings and the duo of Dan Buikema So. T Andrew Felsenthal Jr. battles division rival No. 12-ranked Alabama Dan Buikema and Mathieu Thibaudeau (No. #82 Joseph Jung Sr. at 4 p.m. at the W.T. "Dub" Robinson Tennis 26) are listed in doubles rankings. Michael Jung Jr. DOUBLES DUO: Jordi Kindervater Jr. Stadium. Climbing the rankings Danny Bryan and Colt #86 Billy Mertz Jr. In the past LSU's senior Ken Skupski will be eyeing for Saketh Myneni Fr. Gaston have won 29 of their LSU leads the all-time series against his 100th career singles victory Friday. With a Taylor Striplin Jr. last 30 matches. Sammy Struyf Jr. Alabama with a 37-21-1 record. The Tigers win on Friday, Skupski would tie head coach Mathieu Thibaudeau So. Houssam Yassine Fr. won last season's meeting in Tuscaloosa, 4- Brown for 4th place on LSU’s career singles 3. win list. # - national singles rankings In the rankings With a win on Friday, Bryan would tie former Tiger Jason The Tigers represent two doubles teams in the top 20 Noonan for 18th place. with Danny Bryan and Colt Gaston (No. 7), and James About the opponent Cluskey and Ken Skupski (No. 19.) The Tide defeated the Florida Gators on Friday, 5-2, In singles the Tigers list three players, including and breezed past the South Carolina Gamecocks, 6-1, on Skupski (No. 24), Bryan (No. 34) and Dessauer (No. 76.) Sunday. Head coach Billy Pate is in his fifth season in lead- 2007 SCHEDULE/RESULTS ing the Tide. 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: 172-78 (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 llinois 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* 4 p.m. Michael Venus SUPPORT STAFF 8 #40 Auburn* 1 p.m. 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.