AIKEN – The No. 8-ranked Lander men's tennis team won two of three doubles matches and three of five singles to defeat No. 19 USC Aiken, 5-4, Sunday afternoon in a Peach Belt Conference match at the USCA Tennis Courts.
Lander improves to 4-1 overall and 3-0 in the PBC, while the Pacers drop to 3-3, 0-2.
In singles, No. 1 Dagoberto Darezzo (USCA) def. George Wilkinson, 6-2, 6-4; No. 2 Bruno Seves (USCA) def. Guilherme Fonseca, 6-2, 6-1; No. 3 Henrik Willers (LU) def. Juan Manuel Guglielmeti, 6-4, 4-3, retired; No. 4 Damien Cordesse (LU) def. Edward Horne, 7-6, 6-3; No. 5 Chris Kaetz (USCA) def. Andre Ivarsson, 6-2, 6-4; and No. 6 T.C. Valle (LU) def. Nathan Berlyn, 6-3, 6-2.
In doubles, No. 1 Willers/Ivarsson (LU) def. Darezzo/Horne, 8-5; No. 2 Seves/Kaetz (USCA) def. Wilkinson/Fonseca, 8-3; and No. 3 Valle/Timur Kamilov (LU) def. Berlyn/Guglielmeti.