SAVANNAH, Ga.----The No. 8 Lander men's tennis team claimed its ninth consecutive Peach Belt Athletic Conference championship Sunday when the Senators upset No. 3-ranked Armstrong Atlantic, 5-4, in the championship match.
Tobias Huning (above) and Erik Friberg (at left) were named to the PBAC All-Conference team in both singles and doubles.
The Senators advanced to the final by defeating USC Aiken, 5-1, in the quarterfinals, and Francis Marion, 5-3, in the semifinals.
Lander 5, Armstrong Atlantic 4
Singles
#1 – Stefan Wirtz (AASU) def. Tobias Huning (LU) 7-6, 6-3; #2 – Evgeni Mikheev (LU) def. Christopher Petersen (AASU) 6-7, 6-2, 3-4, retired; #3 – Blaise Tribolet (AASU) def. Erik Friberg (LU) 7-5, 6-4; #4 – Aref Jallali (AASU) def. Hans Nordstrom (LU) 6-4, 6-4; #5 – Emil Olsson (LU) def. Dave Webley (AASU) 6-4, 6-0; #6 – Leonardo Sperry (LU) def. John Stone (AASU) 6-4, 6-0
Doubles
#1 – Huning/Friberg (LU) def. Wirtz/Petersen (AASU) 9-7; #2 – Olsson/Nordstrom (LU) def. Frederic Heitz/Jallali (AASU) 8-2; #3 – Tribolet/Webley (AASU) def. Mikheev/Sperry (LU) 8-6.
Lander 5, Francis Marion 3
Singles
#1 – Tobias Huning (LU) def. Laszlo Leiter (FMU) 3-6, 6-3, 6-1; #2 – Evgeni Mikheev (LU) def. Mark Bube (FMU) 6-4, 7-5; #3 – Glynn Hulley (FMU) def. Erik Friberg (LU) 7-5, 6-3; #4 – Hans Nordstrom (LU) def. Salle Nortje (FMU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
#5 – Emil Olsson (LU) and Lewellyn King (FMU) did not finish, match clinched; #6 – Leonardo Sperry (LU) def. Richard Warrin (FMU) 6-0, 6-1
Doubles
#1 – Huning/Friberg (LU) def. Bube/Nortje (FMU) 8-4; #2 – Hulley/King (FMU) def. Olsson/Nordstrom (LU) 8-5; #3 – Leiter/Warrin (FMU) def. Mikheev/Sperry (LU) 8-6
Lander 5, USC Aiken 1
Singles
#1 – Tobias Huning (LU) def. Shaun Rinaman (USCA) 6-4, 6-1; #2 – Evgeni Mikheev (LU) def. Aleem Ladha (USCA) 6-0, 6-0; #3 – Erik Friberg (LU) def. Tobias Croke (USCA) 6-3, 6-1; #4 – Hans Nordstrom (LU) and Will Elliott (USCA) did not finish, match clinched; #5 – Emil Olsson (LU) and Andrei Cotuna (USCA) did not finish, match clinched;
#6 – Leonardo Sperry (LU) and Paulus Halim (USCA) did not finish, match clinched
Doubles
#1 – Huning/Friberg (LU) def. Carlos Tellez/Ladha (USCA) 8-1; #2 – Croke/Halim (USCA) def. Mikheev/Nordstrom (LU) 8-3; #3 – Olsson/Milan Djeric (LU) def. Rinaman/Elliott (USCA) 8-2
