BATON ROUGE, La. -- Arkansas (6-11, 2-6 SEC) lost its third-straight match to ninth-ranked and Southeastern Conference rival Louisiana State Sunday afternoon 5-2.
The Hogs fell behind early by losing the doubles point at the No. 1 and No. 3 doubles matches. The duo of Michal Chmela and Dan Kiernan, whom are ranked 14th in the nation, defeated Oskar Johansson and Chris Campbell at No. 1 doubles 8-6. Eduardo Pacheco and Aleksey Bubis lost at No. 3 doubles 8-4. With LSU clinching the doubles point the No. 2 match of John Deaton and Henrik Tofft was suspended.
Johansson, who is ranked 15th in the nation, clinched his 27th victory of the season over No. 28 Michal Chmela 6-1, 7-5. Johansson moves to a tie for ninth on the Arkansas list of victories in a season.
Sophomore Magnus Kullenberg was able to claim the victory at the No. 3 singles over Ajay Ramaswami. After Kullenberg dropped the first set 0-6, he rallied to win the next two sets 6-1, 6-1.
The Hogs will return to Fayetteville and prepare for the final home match of the season against No. 2 Florida. The match is Sunday, April 9th and begins at 1 p.m.
Arkansas 2, LSU 5
Doubles (14) Chmela-Kiernan, LSU, d. Johansson/Campbell, UA, 8-6 Hand/Rubin, LSU, v. Deaton/Tofft, UA, susp. Smatt/Ramasawmi, LSU, d. Pacheco/Bubis, UA, 8-4
Singles (15) Oskar Johansson, UA, d. (28) Michal Chmela, LSU, 6-1, 7-5 (22) Tom Hand, LSU, d. (77) Henrik Tofft, UA, 6-1, 6-4 Magnus Kullenberg, UA, d. Ajay Ramaswami, LSU, 0-6, 6-1, 6-1 Dan Kiernan, LSU, d. Aleksey Bubis, UA, 6-3, 6-2 Ed Rubim, LSU, Eduardo Pacheco, UA, 6-2, 6-2 Jesse Smatt, LSU, d. John Deaton, UA, 6-4, 6-2
