BATON ROUGE — The No. 37 LSU women’s tennis team will continue SEC play against the No. 19 South Carolina Gamecocks at the LSU Tennis Complex Sunday at 11 a.m.
The Tigers (7-3; 0-1 SEC) dropped their SEC opener against No. 1 Florida, 7-0, while South Carolina (9-2; 1-0 SEC) defeated No. 20 Texas A&M, 4-2.
Junior Ryann Foster‘s 11-match win streak was snapped against Florida, and senior Joana Valle Costa lost her first match on court one this season against the Gators.
Although her Tiger squad suffered a temporary setback at the hands of the best team in the country, co-head coach Julia Sell is confident her team can improve and continue to have success this season, starting with the Gamecocks on Sunday.
“South Carolina is a really good team,” said Sell. “We have battles with them every time we play them. I think every team in the SEC this year is a top-20 team; the depth in our conference is unlike anything that’s out there.”
South Carolina has four players ranked in the top-125, including No. 29 sophomore Ingrid Gamarra Martins.
The Gamecocks are coached by Kevin Epley in his fifth season with the team.
For more information on the LSU women’s tennis program follow the Lady Tigers on Twitter @lsuwten and @LSUJuliaSell, on Instagram @LSUWTen and on www.Facebook.com/lsuwten.