Lady Bulldog Tennis Set For Road Match At No. 35 LSU
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - March 29, 2012
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Lady Bulldog Tennis Set For Road Match At No. 35 LSU
STARKVILLE, Miss. - Mississippi State's Lady Bulldog tennis squad will face its seventh conference opponent of the spring campaign, No. 35 ranked LSU, at 3 p.m. Friday at the Dub Robinson Tennis Stadium in Baton Rouge.
Last week, the Lady Bulldogs (6-9, 0-6 SEC) fell to #2 Florida at home and at #32 South Carolina.
Alexandra Perper, ranked 114th nationally in singles, continues to lead State at the No. 1 position. Olivia Howlett, who was named last week's SEC Player of the Week, will lead the Lady Tigers.
LSU (10-7, 3-3 SEC) holds a 25-9 advantage against the Bulldogs all-time.
Updates for Friday's match will be available via twitter @mstateWT. Final stats can be found at http://www.hailstate.com/.