GREENWOOD – Led by three nationally ranked singles players and a pair of ranked doubles teams, the No. 5 Francis Marion women’s tennis team defeated No. 38 Lander, 7-2, in a Peach Belt Conference match Friday afternoon at The Joe Cabri Courts.

Francis Marion improves to 3-0 overall and 1-0 in the PBC, while Lander slips to 4-1, 0-1.

FMU’s second-ranked Tereza Sykorova def. Lander’s Brandi Cordell, 6-4, 6-2 at No. 1 singles; FMU’s 26th ranked Jitka Gavdunova downed LU’s Aurelia Ruffat, 6-1, 6-7, 6-3 at No. 2 singles; and eighth-ranked Sabina Baberadova of FMU downed LU’s Eliza Adusumilli, 6-0, 6-1 at No. 3 singles. In other singles matches, No. 4 Mona Blauen (FMU) def. Caitlin Fell (LU), 6-1, 6-1; No. 5 Kerry Hall (FMU) def. Nicola James (LU), 2-6, 6-1, 6-4; and No. 6 Melanise Newbold (LU) def. Rachel Rubin (FMU), 6-0, 6-1.

In doubles, FMU’s second-ranked team of Sykorova/Baberadova def. LU’s Ruffat/Ana Luiza Zaia, 8-0, at the No. 1 spot; and FMU’s 18th ranked team of Blauen/Gavdunova downed LU’s Cordell/Fell, 8-4 at the No. 2 position. In No. 3 doubles, LU’s Adusumilli/James def. Hall/Augur of FMU, 8-2.