BEAUMONT, Texas – After spending the first month of the season on the road, the Lamar University men's tennis team is set to open the home portion of its schedule Friday with a doubleheader against Alcorn State. The doubleheader will kick off a weekend that has LU playing three matches in three days as they will follow up the home opener with a match to LSU Sunday afternoon.
 
The Cardinals are 4-4 (.500) on the season and have won two of the previous three outings and are coming off a one-point thriller at UT Rio Grande Valley.
 
The Braves head to the Golden Triangle looking for their first win of the season (0-6). Alcorn is in a similar situation to LU having played all of their matches (but one) on the road. The Braves are coming off a 6-1 setback at Nicholls.
 
The Cardinals have dominated the all-time series posting a 23-0 all-time record, which included a 19-0 mark in Beaumont. The series between the two schools dates back to the 2001 season. The first match of the doubleheader will begin at 11 a.m. with the afternoon match set for a 3 p.m. start. Both matches will be played at the Thompson Family Tennis Center.
 
Following the doubleheader, the Cardinals will then travel to SEC country to take on the 3-1 LSU Tigers. Having won three straight since a season-opening setback to No. 15 Georgia, LSU owns a 1-21 all-time record against Big Red, with the lone setback coming during the first meeting between the two schools (Feb. 1, 1968). The match against LSU is set for a noon start from the LSU Tennis Complex.