In two absolutely critical matches this past weekend, the LSU volleyball team came up short in both, dropping to Tennessee on Friday and SEC leading Kentucky, Sunday.
The two losses move the Tigers to eighth in the conference standings entering Tuesday.
On Friday the Tigers fell to the Volunteers in straight sets. After Tennessee cruised to 25-17, 25-18 victories in the first two sets, the Tigers were more competitive in the third and found themselves up 20-16, late in the third and a bit later, 24-22. Unfortunately, the Vols proved to be too much, rattling off six straight points to take the third set, and the game.