GREENWOOD - The Lander men's tennis team improved to 8-4 overall Wednesday afternoon when the eighth-ranked Bearcats defeated Ferris State, 8-1, in a non-conference match at the Joe Cabri Courts.

In singles, No. 1 Guilherme Fonseca (LU) def. Lewis DeGeneault, 6-3, 6-4; No. 2 Akshay Chellappa (FS) def. Michael Fedoseyev, 6-1, 7-5; No. 3 Henrik Willers (LU) def. Ahmet Demir, 6-0, 6-1; No. 4 Damien Cordesse (LU) def. Corey Banghart, 6-3, 6-3; No 5 Andre Ivarsson (LU) def. Kevin Brundle, 6-4, 7-5; and No. 6 Juan Manrique (LU) def. Jeremiah DeJose, 4-6, 6-0, 10-3.

In doubles, Fonseca/Cordesse (LU) def. Banghart/Chellappa, 8-5; No. 2 Willers/Ivarsson (LU) def. DeGeneault/Demir, 8-2; and No. 3 Fedoseyev/Valle (LU) def. Brundle/DeJose, 8-3.