FLORENCE - The No. 25-ranked Francis Marion University men's tennis team upset No. 8 Lander, 5-4, Saturday afternoon in a Peach Belt Conference match.
FMU improves to 6-0 overall and 1-0 in the PBC and Lander slips to 5-2, 4-1.
In singles, No. 1 Franklyn Emmanuel (FMU) def. #42 Guilherme Fonseca (LU) 6-0, 6-1; No. 2 Oshada Wijemanne (FMU) def. Henrik Willers (LU) 6-1, 6-4; No. 3 Dilshod Sharifi (FMU) def. Damien Cordesse (LU) 6-1, 6-4; No. 4 Andre Ivarsson (LU) def. Bastian Czwalinna (FMU) 6-3, 6-2; No. 5 T.C. Valle (LU) def. Dananjaya Mayadunne (FMU) 6-3, 2-6, 6-2; and No. 6 Karl Rogers (FMU) def. Timur Kamilov (LU) 7-5, 2-6, 6-4
In doubles, No. 1 Franklyn Emmanuel/Oshada Wijemanne (FMU) def. Andre Ivarsson/Henrik Willers (LU) 9-8; No. 2 Guilherme Fonseca/Damien Cordesse(LU) def. Karl Rogers/Dananjaya Mayadunne (FMU) 8-4; and No. 3 T.C. Valle/Timur Kamilov (LU) def. Bastian Czwalinna/Dilshod Sharifi (FMU) 8-6.