LEXINGTON, Ky. — The LSU men’s tennis team had all of its remaining competitors eliminated on the third day of the Southeast Regional ITA Fall Championships.
Ken Skupski was knocked out in the singles quarterfinals and Danny Bryan and Kevin Dessauer were knocked out in the singles round of 16. Additionally, Bryan and doubles partner Jan Zelezny were eliminated in the round of 16.
“I think a couple of our guys got some significant wins this weekend,” LSU head coach Jeff Brown said. “We had a lot of matches that were toss ups and no really bad loses. Today just didn’t go our way.”
Skupski split his first two sets with Ole Miss’s Davey Sandgren in the round of 16. Skupski took control in the final set to win the match, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
In the quarterfinals, Skupski went serve for serve with Joseph Jung of Alabama in their first set as they went to a tiebreaker. Skupski came out on top in the opening set by a 7-6 (4) count. Skupski held his own the rest of the way but could not outduel Jung as he dropped each of the remaining two sets by a 6-5 decision.
“Jung is a really tough opponent and Ken gave him a nice run,” Brown commented. “There is no shame in losing to a guy like that. They both played a great match.”
Bryan was dominant in his first set against Tennesse’s Davey Sandgren as he took the set by a 6-1 count. The New Orleans native could not maintain his strong play the rest of the way as he dropped the next two sets, 6-3, 6-2.
Bryan did not fair well in doubles either as he and doubles partner Jan Zelezny fell to the No. 3-ranked team of Marco Born and Andreas Siljiestrom of Middle Tennessee State, 8-6.
Dessauer struggled throughout his match against Tennessee’s Davey Sandgren, as he lost in straight sets 6-4, 6-3.
The next time the Tigers are in action will be at the ULL Invitational, which runs Nov. 3-5. That same weekend, James Cluskey and Skupski will compete in the doubles portion of the ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships at Columbus, Ohio.
2006 Wilson/ITA Region III Indoor Tournament
Main Draw Results
October 22, 2005
Singles Results
Round of 16
#12 (3) Ken Skupski (LSU) def. #118 (24) Robbye Poole (UM), 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
#116 (23) Davey Sandgren (UT) def. #101 (20) Danny Bryan (LSU), 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
#42 (9) Ivan Bjelica (MSU) def. Kevin Dessauer (LSU), 6-4, 6-3
Quarterfinals
#35 (7) Joseph Jung (UA) def. #12 (3) Ken Skupski (LSU), 6-7 (4), 7-5, 7-5.
Doubles Results
Round of 16
#3 (1) Marco Born/Andreas Siljiestrom (MTSU) def. Danny Bryan/Jan Zelezny (LSU), 8-6
# National ranking (No. seeded)