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.

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

Sat, Sep 5	vs North Alabama	W 31-14
Sat, Sep 12	@ Utah	L, 43-10
Sat, Sep 19	Georgia	L, 45-17
Sat, Sep 26	Tulsa	W 34-6
Sat, Oct 3	@ Texas A&M	L, 34-7
Sat, Oct 10	Tennessee	3:15 PM SEC Network
Sat, Oct 17	@ Vanderbilt	TBA
Sat, Oct 31	vs Missouri	TBA
Sat, Nov 7	@ Auburn	TBA
Sat, Nov 14	South Carolina	TBA
Sat, Nov 21	@ Texas	TBA
Sat, Nov 28	vs LSU	TBA

OVERALL		Record	Pts
1.	Bentonville (15)	4-0	192	1
2.	Conway	3-1	158	2
3.	Shiloh Christian (2)	4-0	153	3
4.	Bentonville West (2)	4-0	143	4
5.	Joe T. Robinson	4-0	107	5
6.	Searcy	4-0	96	6
7.	North Little Rock	4-0	89	9
8.	Bryant (1)	1-3	37	8
9.	Sylvan Hills	4-0	31	—
10.	Benton	2-2	18	9
Others receiving votes: Springdale Har-Ber 17, Sheridan 13, Greenwood 9, Fayetteville 9, El Dorado 5, Mountain Home 5, Stuttgart 5, Pulaski Academy 4, LR Mills 4, Farmington 3, LR Parkview 2.

CLASS 7A
1.	Bentonville (15)	4-0	92	1
2.	Conway	3-1	65	2
3.	Shiloh Christian (2)	4-0	56	3
4.	Bentonville West (2)	4-0	52	4
5.	North Little Rock	4-0	20	5
Others receiving votes: Bryant (1) 14, Springdale Har-Ber 1.

CLASS 6A
1.	Searcy (19)	4-0	99	1
2.	Sylvan Hills	3-1	60	3
3.	Benton (1)	2-2	46	2
4.	Sheridan	4-0	29	—
4.	El Dorado	3-1	26	4
Others receiving votes: Mountain Home 25, Van Buren 15.

CLASS 5A
1.	Joe T. Robinson (20)	4-0	100	1
2.	Greenwood	2-2	61	2
3.	Little Rock Parkview	3-1	46	—
4.	Farmington	4-0	44	4
5.	Little Rock Mills	4-0	15	—
Others receiving votes: Valley View 10, Greenbrier 10, HS Lakeside 4, Jacksonville 4, Camden Fairview 4, Pine Bluff 2.

CLASS 4A
1.	Stuttgart (16)	4-0	95	1
2.	Nashville (2)	4-0	77	2
3.	Gosnell (1)	4-0	43	3
4.	Ozark	4-0	29	—
5.	Elkins	3-1	5	5
Others receiving votes: Fountain Lake 10, Gravette 8, Arkadelphia 6, Forrest City 5, Hamburg 3, Pottsville 2, Lonoke 1.

CLASS 3A
1.	Fordyce (12)	2-1	85	1
2.	Bismarck (1)	3-1	61	2
3.	Smackover (4)	4-0	46	4
4.	Mansfield (2)	3-2	38	3
5.	Rivercrest	223-1	22	5
Others receiving votes: Glen Rose 20, Walnut Ridge (1) 12, Rison 8, Palestine-Wheatley 3, Newport 2, Quitman 2, Atkins 1.

CLASS 2A
1.	Mount Ida (15)	5-0	93	1
2.	Baptist Prep (4)	4-0	71	2
3.	Junction City	2-3	30	3
4.	Marked Tree	3-1	22	—
5.	Gurdon	3-2	19	—
Others receiving votes: East Poinsett County 17, Earle (1) 13, Bigelow 11, Bearden 7, Hazen 6, Dierks 5, Des Arc 3, Hector 2, England 1.

8-MAN SANCTIONED
1.	Corning (8)	4-0	34	1
2.	Cedar Ridge (6)	4-0	32	2
3.	Magazine (1)	2-0	12	—
Others receiving votes: Izard County 8, Woodlawn 3, Rose Bud 1.

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