Gamecocks Tackle First SEC Away Weekend of the Season

COLUMBIA, S.C.— The No. 29 South Carolina men’s tennis team hits the road for its first road weekend of its SEC Campaign. The Gamecocks will first travel to Texas to take on No. 12 Texas A&M Friday before heading to Baton Rouge, La., to face No. 44 LSU Sunday.

The Gamecocks are 1-1 in SEC play thus far, after picking up a 5-2 win against Auburn last Friday.
 
Gamecock Notables

• Senior Paul Jubb has dropped just three games in singles over his past three matches.
• The Gamecocks are 2-1 vs. ranked teams when playing outdoors.
• As a team, the Gamecocks have been steady at the No. 3 singles spot, going a combined 9-1 so far this year.

Match Preview No. 12 Texas A&M

• The Aggies enter the match 9-3, following a 4-3 loss to Kentucky last Sunday.
• The Gamecocks are 4-11 all time against A&M.
• Last matchup: Gamecocks won 4-2 to advance to the SEC Tournament semifinals.

Match Preview No. 44 LSU

• The Tigers enter the match 9-3, following a 6-1 win against Vanderbilt last Sunday.
• The Gamecocks are 14-29 all time against LSU, including a four-match win streak dating back to 2017.
• Last matchup: Gamecocks won 4-2 in the first round of the SEC Tournament.

 
 
Rankings Roundup
South Carolina (29)
Singles

• No. 40 Paul Jubb
• No. 45 Raphael Lambling
• No. 46 Daniel Rodrigues

Doubles

• No. 30 Raphael Lambling/Daniel Rodrigues
• No. 41 Paul Jubb/Connor Thomson
• No. 80 Thomas Brown/Beau Pelletier

 
 
Texas A&M (12)
Singles

• No. 3 Valentin Vacherot
• No. 28 Hady Habib
• No. 34 Juan Carlos Aguilar
• No. 111 Barnaby Smith

  Doubles

• No. 33 Juan Carlos Aguilar/Barnaby Smith
• No. 59 Juan Carlos Aguilar/Stefan Storch

 
LSU (44)
Singles

• No. 96 Boris Kozlov

 
QUOATABLE HEAD COACH JOSH GOFFI
“We’re looking forward to this week of competition. This is always a tough road trip – LSU is great at home and A&M is always one of the best teams in the conference. They’re always up for the championship, and they have a great team this year; but so do we. Last weekend gave us a good mirror check of where we are at. We have a lot to gain from this weekend, and our guys are going to go out there and lay it all on the table.”

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