BATON ROUGE –The LSU men’s tennis team opens up a five-match home stand with a contest against the No. 8 Texas A&M Aggies Saturday at 2 p.m CT at the LSU Tennis Complex.
Fans can follow the match at www.lsustats.com and on Twitter @lsutennis.
Thoughts from Coach Brown
“Texas A&M is on a hot streak having won 12 matches in a row,” head coach Jeff Brown said. “We competed well yesterday against Georgia, especially in doubles and in a few spots that we have struggled. We need to keep building on those and get our best points back to form as well.”
Tiger Tidbits
The Tigers won the doubles point Thursday at Georgia but were unable to come up with the win, falling 4-1.
Nikola Samardzic has a team-high 19 singles wins, and Justin Butsch trails with a 17-8 overall singles record. Jordan Daigle holds an 8-4 record on court one this season with wins against four ranked opponents.
Both Daigle and Butsch are in the ITA singles rankings at 44 and 47, respectively.
Notes on the Aggies
Texas A&M is currently on a 12-match win streak. Thursday evening the Aggies defeated Tennessee, 7-0, in College Station.
Arthur Rinderknech and Max Lunkin are ranked No. 46 in the ITA doubles rankings. Rinderknech is ranked No. 12 in singles play as he holds a 19-6 record on the season. AJ Catanzariti is No. 116, and Jordi Arconada is listed at No. 119 in the latest ITA singles poll.
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