LSU men's tennis tops Miss. State

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• Published: Apr 14, 2009

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The 32nd-ranked LSU men’s tennis team completed its match against 69th-ranked Mississippi State on Monday morning, claiming a 4-2 victory in the Southeastern Conference match.

LSU (8-10, 3-7 SEC) and Mississippi State sat tied at 2-2 on Sunday when the match was delayed because of inclement weather with two matches left unfinished.

At the time of the delay, freshman Neal Skupski led Mississippi State’s Antonio Lastre 4-2 in the second set on court four after dropping the first set 7-6.

On court six, LSU senior Jonathan Tragardh held a 3-3 match with Tanner Stump after splitting the first two sets with the 6-1 Mississippi State sophomore.

Tragardh took his match, finishing with a 7-5 mark in the third set.

Lastre led Skupski 4-3 in the third set when Skupski posted the next three points to take his court and clinch LSU’s 4-2 victory over Mississippi State.

#32 LSU 4, #69 Mississippi State 2

At W.T. “Dub” Robinson Stadium

Singles

1. #6 Michael Venus (LSU) def. #88 Ryan Farlow 6-1, 6-2; 2. #89 Artem Ilyushin (MSU) def. James Cluskey 6-3, 2-6, 6-3; 3. Sebastian Carlsson (LSU) def. Louis Cant 3-6, 6-1, 6-3; 4. Neal Skupski (LSU) def. Antonio Lastre 6-7 (7-9), 6-2, 6-4; 5. Christopher Doerr (MSU) def. Julien Gauthier 7-5, 6-3; 6. Jonathan Tragardh (LSU) def. Tanner Stump 6-4, 2-6, 7-5

Former Mt. Hermon coach Cook dies

MT. HERMON — W.C. Cook, a former teacher and highly-successful boys basketball coach at Mt. Hermon High School from the mid-1950s to the early 1980s, died Monday morning at his home.

Cook, 76, coached 27 years at Mt. Hermon, which competed in Classes B and C in the Louisiana High School Athletic Association. He later coached for five more years at Valley Forge Academy, Bowling Green and Silliman of the Louisiana Independent School Association.