WACO, Texas – After a delayed start, the No. 67 LSU Men’s Tennis team (7-4, 0-1 SEC) fell to No. 9 Texas A&M (6-3) by a score of 4-1. The match was moved to the Hurd Tennis Center due to inclement weather.
The Aggies took the doubles point in a tight competition. JC Roddick and Lathan Skrobarcek were the first to walk off the courts in today’s match with a 6-2 win over LSU’s Sasa Markovic and Andrej Loncarevic.
To even things up, the No. 27 duo of Aleksi Lofman and Julien Penzlin secured the win on the No. 1 court. After defeating the No. 34 pair of Theo Papamalamis and Togan Tokac, the Tiger duo extended their win streak to six.
The opening point was down to the No. 3 court between LSU’s Enzo Kohlmann and Alessio Vasquez and A&M’s Ritesh Patil and Tiago Pires. The Tigers fell by a narrow score of 7-5 and the Aggies claimed the first point of the day.
No. 42 Papamalamis extended the lead for the Aggies after taking down Markovic by a score of 6-1, 6-4.
Senior Julien Penzlin put the Tigers on the board after the conclusion of his match on the No. 3 court. Penzlin claimed his eighth straight win this season after defeating Damien Salvestre in a 6-4, 6-4 match.
No. 37 JC Roddick secured the third point for the Aggies after facing Alessio Vasquez on the No. 2 court in a 6-2, 7-6(1) battle.
The match was clinched for Texas A&M after Tiago Pires narrowly defeated Aleksi Lofman. On the No. 4 court, Pires took the first set 6-2 but Lofman came back and claimed the second set 6-4. The forced third sent went to Pires 6-1 to conclude Saturday’s match.
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Results
#9 Texas A&M 4, #67 LSU 1
Singles Competition
1. #42 Theo Papamalamis (TAMU) def. Sasa Markovic (LSU) 6-1, 6-4
2. #37 JC Roddick (TAMU) def. Alessio Vasquez (LSU) 6-2, 7-6 (7-1)
3. #125 Julien Penzlin (LSU) def. Damien Salvestre (TAMU) 6-4, 6-4
4. Tiago Pires (TAMU) def. Aleksi Lofman (LSU) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
5. Togan Tokac (TAMU) vs. Andrej Loncarevic (LSU) 6-3, 4-4, unfinished
6. Ritesh Patil (TAMU) vs. Ishann Ravichander (LSU) 2-6, 7-5, 2-1, unfinished
Doubles Competition
1. #27 Aleksi Lofman/Julien Penzlin (LSU) def. #34 Theo Papamalamis/Togan Tokac (TAMU) 6-4
2. JC Roddick/Lathan Skrobarcek (TAMU) def. Sasa Markovic/Andrej Loncarevic (LSU) 6-2
3. Ritesh Patil/Tiago Pires (TAMU) def. Enzo Kohlmann/Alessio Vasquez (LSU) 7-5
Match Notes:
LSU 7-3; National ranking #67
Texas A&M 5-3; National ranking #9
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (1,3,2,4)