The No. 18 South Carolina men's tennis team played its final home match of the season on Saturday night, beating the No. 32 LSU Tigers.
The Gamecocks came out prepared to play despite their match being moved up a day due to predicted storms in the Columbia area on Sunday.
South Carolina's only senior, Yancy Dennis, was honored for Senior Day prior to the match. Dennis has a record of 11-14.
The Tigers had a 14-5 overall record and were 2-4 in the SEC going into Saturday's match.
South Carolina won 17 of its last 18 home matches and is now 14-5 overall and 4-4 in the SEC.
Prior to Saturday's match, the Gamecocks were in a six-way tie for fourth place in conference play, according to Gamecocks Online.
As the match began, the Gamecocks were off to a slow start.
The No. 1 doubles duo Paul Jubb and Raphael Lambling pulled ahead to win with a score of 6-3, while the No. 3 doubles team of Daniel Rodrigues and Beau Pelletier tied halfway through the match at 5-5. They eventually came out on top with a score of 7-6 (10-8 tiebreaker).
Joseph Brailovsky and Jake Beasley lost to LSU's Rafael Wagner and Joey Thomas at No. 2 doubles with a score of 4-6.
After winning the doubles point, the Gamecocks continued to face LSU in singles play. Only three Gamecock players, Jubb, Rodrigues and Pelletier were up after the first set.
Going into the second set, several Gamecocks were trailing behind. Jubb, Pelletier, Rodrigues and Thomas Brown came out on top for South Carolina. Lambling took a loss to Boris Kozlov with a score of 3-2, 2-6 and Brailovsky lost to Malik Bhatnagar by a close score of 4-6, 4-6. Pelletier clinched a win for South Carolina.
The Gamecocks will travel to Alabama next weekend as they face Auburn Friday at 6 p.m.