AIKEN - Lander's Juan Manrique defeated USC Aiken's Ben Klass, 6-4, 7-6, Tuesday afternoon to earn the winning point in No. 14 Lander's 5-4 Peach Belt Conference victory over No. 17 USC Aiken.
Lander improves to 12-1 overall and 4-0 in the PBC, while USC Aiken dips to 7-7, 1-5 PBC.
In singles, No. 1 Paul-Henri Arrigoni (L) def. Gregory Andreade (A), 4-6, 6-2, 7-5; No. 2 Juan Xavier Ponce (A) def. Levan Clark (L), 1-6, 6-1, 6-4; No. 3 Christopher Mattsson (L) def. Nicolas Markiewicz (A), 6-1, 6-2; No. 4 Manrique (L) def. Klass (A), 6-4, 7-6; No. 5 Pierre Frances (L) def. Filipe Garcia (A), 6-1, 6-1; and No. 6 Juan Guglielmeti (A) def. Maxime Desmars (L), 6-3, 4-6, 12-10.
In doubles, No. 1 Ponce/Andrade (A) def. Frances/Desmars (L), 8-1; No. 2 Clark/Mattsson (L) def. Klass/Guglielmeti (A), 8-2; and No. 3 Markiewicz/Garcia (A) def. Arrigoni/Bertoldo (L), 8-6.