GREENWOOD - In the battle of the unbeatens Saturday afternoon, the No. 11-ranked Lander men's tennis team suffered its first defeat of the season when the Beacats lost to No. 2 Armstrong Atlantic State University, 8-1, in a Peach Belt Conference match at The Joe Cabri Courts.

AASU improves to 17-0 overall and 7-0 in the PBC, while Lander moves to 16-1, 7-1.

In singles, No. 1 Mikk Irdoja (A) def. Paul-Henri Arrigoni (L), 6-1, 6-0; No. 2 Eudaldo Bonet (A) def. Henrik Willers (L), 6-1, 6-1; No. 3 Matus Mydla (A) def. Carlos Marques (L), 6-0, 6-4; No. 4 Rafael Array (A) def. Oscar Perman (L), 6-7, 6-4, 10-4; No. 5 Daniel Regan (A) def. Oscar Axelsson (L), 6-1, 6-1; and No. 6 Pedro Scocuglia (A) def. Christopher Mattsson (L), 6-4, 6-1.

In doubles, No. 1 Irdoja/Array (A) def. Arrigoni/Marques, 8-4; No. 2 Scocuglia/Mydla (A) def. Perman/Mattsson (L), 8-3; and No. 3 Axelsson/Willers (L) def. Bonet/Regan (A), 8-6.