GREENWOOD - The No. 29 ranked Augusta State University women's tennis team won two of three doubles matches and three of six singles to defeat No. 35 Lander, 5-4, Saturday afternoon in a Peach Belt Conference match at The Joe Cabri Courts.
Augusta State improves to 8-5 overall and 3-3 in the PBC, while Lander moves to 9-4, 3-3.
In singles, No. 1 Victoria Lindqvist (A) def. Aurelia Ruffat (L), 6-0, 6-3; No. 2 Brandi Cordell (L) def. Marina Ferreria (A), 7-6, 6-2; No. 3 Bianca Machado (A) def. Caitlin Fell (L), 7-6, 6-1; No. 4 Camila Correa (A) def. Eliza Adusumilli (L), 6-3, 6-4; No. 5 Nicola James (L) def. Keaton Sanders (A), 6-4, 6-2; and No. 6 Melanise Newbold (L) def. Luiza Pires (A), 6-3, 7-5.
In doubles, No. 1 Ferreria/Machado (A) def. Ruffat/Zaia (L), 8-3; No. 2 Adusumilli/Cordell (L) def. Lindqvist/Sanders (A), 8-6; and No. 3 Correa/Pires (A) def. Fell/James (L), 9-7.