BATON ROUGE — The LSU men’s tennis team climbed four spots to No. 31 in the Campbell/Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings released by the ITA on Tuesday.
The Tigers (6-6, 1-3 SEC) move up in the rankings following an upset over the former 27th-ranked University of South Florida, 4-3, and a narrow-margin loss to then 15th-ranked Texas A&M, 3-4.
LSU’s ninth-ranked senior Michael Venus remains at No. 9 as well as at No. 12 with freshman doubles partner Neal Skupski as the singles and doubles rankings were not released this week.
The Southeastern Conference maintained a solid presence in the rankings as all 12 teams appeared in the rankings, including Georgia, LSU’s next opponent, who ranks third in the nation.
The Tigers and Georgia Bulldogs square off in a 5 p.m. CDT match on Friday at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Ga.
Campbell/ITA Rankings
Released by the ITA
March 24, 2009
1 University of Virginia
2 Univ. of Mississippi
3 University of Georgia
4 Stanford University
5 University of Tennessee, Knoxville
6 Ohio State University
7 University of Florida
8 Univ. of Southern California
9 University of Illinois
10 Baylor University
11 UCLA
12 Univ. of Texas at Austin
13 University of Kentucky
14 Texas A&M University
15 Florida State University
16 University of South Carolina
17 University of Alabama
18 Pepperdine
19 Univ. of Louisville
20 Univ. of Arizona
21 Virginia Tech
22 Auburn University
23 Boise State University
24 Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison
25 Wake Forest University
26 University of Washington
27 Univ. of Notre Dame
28 Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities
29 Oklahoma State University
30 Duke University
31 LSU
32 Texas Tech University
33 Rice University
34 Univ. of New Mexico
35 Univ. of Tulsa