BATON ROUGE, La. – The Nicholls State University men's tennis team took on LSU on Sunday night at Dub Robinson Stadium and came away with a 7-0 loss to the Tigers.

LSU (9-8) won the No. 2 and 3 doubles matches for the 1-0 lead before winning five of the six singles matches in straight sets. Kieran Cronin was the only Colonel to record a win, as he took the second set on the No. 6 court against John Michael Busch in a 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 decision.

The Colonels (8-7) will return to conference play on Wednesday, March 19 against New Orleans at the Colonel Tennis Complex.

LSU 7, Nicholls 0
Singles competition
1. #62 Chris Simpson (LSU) def. Partha Adavelly (NICM) 6-3, 6-2
2. Andrew Korinek (LSU) def. Lukas Clemens (NICM) 6-2, 6-4
3. Justin Butsch (LSU) def. Bernard Wezeman (NICM) 6-1, 7-5
4. Tam Trinh (LSU) def. Sam Meessen (NICM) 7-5, 6-1
5. Harrison Kennedy (LSU) def. Evan Karatzas (NICM) 6-3, 6-0
6. John Michael Busch (LSU) def. Kieran Cronin (NICM) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. #30 Chris Simpson/Boris Arias (LSU) vs. Sam Meessen/Evan Karatzas (NICM) 6-3, unfinished
2. Tam Trinh/Justin Butsch (LSU) def. Kieran Cronin/Lukas Clemens (NICM) 8-3
3. Andrew Korinek/Eric Perez (LSU) def. Bernard Wezeman/Partha Adavelly (NICM) 8-4

Match Notes:
Nicholls 8-7
LSU 9-8

Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (1,5,3,4,2,6)
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