Hogs lose early lead, fall on road at LSU

BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU overcame a 2-0 deficit to defeat Arkansas, 4-2, on Thursday night at the LSU Tennis Complex.

The Razorbacks (5-8, 1-3 Southeastern Conference) won the doubles point and got the first victory in singles, but the Tigers (11-4, 2-3 SEC) rallied to win the next four matches.

In doubles, junior Agne Cepelyte and sophomore Natsuho Arakawa earned a 6-0 sweep over LSU’s Luba Vasilyuk and Ashton Rabalais at the No. 3 spot.

Sophomore Giulia Pairone and senior Mia Jurasic clinched the opening point with a 6-3 win at No. 2. At the clinch, No. 30 junior Ana Oparenovic and freshman Tatum Rice led 5-4 at the top spot.

Cepelyte continued her winning ways in singles, besting Rabalais 6-1, 6-1 at No. 6.

LSU then flipped the script, picking up consecutive wins at the top four spots for the overall team victory. Play at No. 5, where Arakawa was tied 4-4 in the third set, was stopped after the clinch.

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Arkansas will return to action Sunday when it takes on Texas A&M at noon CT in College Station.