BATON ROUGE, La. - No. 33 LSU men's tennis team picked up its second victory of the day, defeating the University of New Orleans 7-0 on Tuesday night at W.T. "Dub" Robinson Stadium.

LSU (3-2) defeated Louisiana-Lafayette 6-1 on Tuesday afternoon before handing UNO (1-1) their first loss of the season.

The nationally-ranked Tigers won both contested doubles' matches to claim the first point in the dual. LSU's Neal Skupski and Sebastian Carlsson downed Benjamin Bouhana and Hossam Meligy 8-1 at the No. 1 court with Tom Knights and Julien Gauther picking up an 8-2 win at the No. 2 court over Vinay Kamineni and Rohit Chivukula.

In singles' play, LSU did not drop a single set in five contested matches.

Skupski defeated Bouhana 6-3, 6-4 at No. 1 with Carlsson cruising to a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Kamineni at No. 2. Oliver Grimbly met defeat 6-0, 6-1 at the hands of Szacinski at No. 3 with Knights dispatching Meligy 6-2, 6-2 on the No. 4 court.

A 6-0, 6-0 win by David Roberts over Chivukula at No. 5 coupled with a forfeit victory by Roger Anderson at No. 6 closed out the shutout by LSU.

The Privateer men will join their female counterparts for their next match, a 12 p.m. dual this coming Sunday at Jackson State.

No. 33 LSU 7, New Orleans 0
Feb 08, 2011 at Baton Rouge, La. (W.T. "Dub" Robinson Stadium)

Singles competition
1. Neal Skupksi (LSU) def. Benjamin Bouhana (UNO) 6-3, 6-4
2. Sebastian Carlsson (LSU) def. Vinay Kamineni (UNO) 6-1, 6-0
3. Stefan Szacinski (LSU) def. Oliver Grimbly (UNO) 6-0, 6-1
4. Tom Knights (LSU) def. Hossam Meligy (UNO) 6-2, 6-2
5. David Roberts (LSU) def. Rohit Chivukula (UNO) 6-0, 6-0
6. Roger Anderson (LSU), won by forfeit

Doubles competition
1. Neal Skupksi/Sebastian Carlsson (LSU) def. Benjamin Bouhana/ Hossam Meligy (UNO) 8-1
2. Tom Knights/Julien Gauthier (LSU) def. Vinay Kamineni/ Rohit Chivukula (UNO) 8-2
3. John Michaelis/David Roberts (LSU), won by forfeit