BATON ROUGE — The LSU women’s tennis team returns to Southeastern Conference play as they welcome No. 34 South Carolina and No. 2 Florida to W.T. Robinson Tennis Stadium as part of LSU’s ?Super Tiger Bowl’ Weekend.
“This is a huge weekend for us. We have been playing good tennis and we need to carry that momentum into this weekend. We have some good opportunities,” LSU head coach Tony Minnis said. “South Carolina is one of the more talented teams that we have played this year, and Florida, at No. 2 in the country, is one of the best teams out there. This is a good opportunity to catch those two schools at home.”
The Lady Tigers own an 8-5 overall record, 1-3 in the SEC. Last week, they grabbed two wins as they defeated Minnesota, 6-0, on Wednesday, and Tulsa, 6-1, on Friday at home.
For the Lady Tigers, sophomore Megan Falcon owns the No. 2 ranking in the country. She has a 24-2 overall record, and boasts a 13-0 record this spring as she is undefeated at the No. 1 slot in dual play.
Sophomore Mykala Hedberg has played every match this spring at the No. 2 slot, and has gone 8-5, owning a 15-12 overall record. Freshman Hannah Robinson is a strong contributor for LSU as she has gone 4-1 in the No. 4 slot and is undefeated at the No. 5 slot with eight wins.
The Gamecocks (11-3, 3-1 SEC) have won three in a row and six of their last seven matches. Freshman Ana Zubori has lost just three sets this spring and won 13 of her last 14 contests. Overall for the 2006-07 season, Zubori is 24-4 in singles play and 13-0 against regional opponents.
Zubori has been equally successful with her doubles play by leading the team in victories with a 21-5 record. She and Gira Schofield have won seven in a row at the No. 1 position and moved up to 18th in the rankings this week.
The top-ranked University of Florida women’s tennis team lost for the first time this season, dropping a tough 4-3 decision to No. 3 Georgia Sunday afternoon at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex. With this loss, the Gators fell to 11-1 overall, and 2-1 in league action.
Now ranked No. 2, Florida lists four singles players and one doubles duo in the latest rankings released by ITA. Leading the Gators at No. 22 is Megan Alexander. Diana Srebrovic follows at No. 39. Rounding out the top singles players is Csilla Borsanyi at No. 56 and Nina Suvak at No. 125.
Suvak and her partner Whitney Benik are tied for No. 59 in doubles rankings.
The Lady Tigers will face the Gamecocks of South Carolina on Friday at 4 p.m. CT, flowed by the University of Florida on Sunday at 11:30 a.m.