BATON ROUGE, La. - No. 33 LSU men's tennis team picked up its second victory of the day, defeating the University of New Orleans 7-0 on Tuesday night at W.T. "Dub" Robinson Stadium.
LSU (3-2) defeated Louisiana-Lafayette 6-1 on Tuesday afternoon before handing UNO (1-1) their first loss of the season.
The nationally-ranked Tigers won both contested doubles' matches to claim the first point in the dual. LSU's Neal Skupski and Sebastian Carlsson downed
Benjamin Bouhana and
Hossam Meligy 8-1 at the No. 1 court with Tom Knights and Julien Gauther picking up an 8-2 win at the No. 2 court over
Vinay Kamineni and
Rohit Chivukula.
In singles' play, LSU did not drop a single set in five contested matches.
Skupski defeated Bouhana 6-3, 6-4 at No. 1 with Carlsson cruising to a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Kamineni at No. 2.
Oliver Grimbly met defeat 6-0, 6-1 at the hands of Szacinski at No. 3 with Knights dispatching Meligy 6-2, 6-2 on the No. 4 court.
A 6-0, 6-0 win by David Roberts over Chivukula at No. 5 coupled with a forfeit victory by Roger Anderson at No. 6 closed out the shutout by LSU.
The Privateer men will join their female counterparts for their next match, a 12 p.m. dual this coming Sunday at Jackson State.
No. 33 LSU 7, New Orleans 0
Feb 08, 2011 at Baton Rouge, La. (W.T. "Dub" Robinson Stadium)
Singles competition
1. Neal Skupksi (LSU) def.
Benjamin Bouhana (UNO) 6-3, 6-4
2. Sebastian Carlsson (LSU) def.
Vinay Kamineni (UNO) 6-1, 6-0
3. Stefan Szacinski (LSU) def.
Oliver Grimbly (UNO) 6-0, 6-1
4. Tom Knights (LSU) def.
Hossam Meligy (UNO) 6-2, 6-2
5. David Roberts (LSU) def.
Rohit Chivukula (UNO) 6-0, 6-0
6. Roger Anderson (LSU), won by forfeit
Doubles competition
1. Neal Skupksi/Sebastian Carlsson (LSU) def.
Benjamin Bouhana/
Hossam Meligy (UNO) 8-1
2. Tom Knights/Julien Gauthier (LSU) def.
Vinay Kamineni/
Rohit Chivukula (UNO) 8-2
3. John Michaelis/David Roberts (LSU), won by forfeit
