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Lander advances past ASU in PBC tennis tourney

GREENWOOD - Lander's Samuel Poutignat scored a dramatic three-set victory over Augusta State University's Jan Laba Friday night to lead the third-seeded Lander men's tennis team to a 5-4 win over the sixth-seeded Jaguars in the quarterfinal round of the Peach Belt Conference Championship Tournament at The Joe Cabri Tennis Center.

Ninth-ranked Lander improves to 18-3 overall and will face second-seeded Columbus State at 2 p.m., Saturday, in the semfinal round. The championship match is scheduled for 2 p.m., Sunday.

The No. 12-ranked Jaguars, opened the match by taking two of the three doubles matches. The team of Bernardo Fernandes/Henrique Boturao defeated Lander's Adam Jonsson/Vincent Verpeaux, 8-3; and Victor Guimaraes/Victor Cabellos downed Lander's Oscar Axelsson/Ross Armstrong, 8-3. Lander's lone doubles point came when No. 3 Paul-Henri Arrigoni and Samuel Poutignat team to defeat Jan Labas/Jenner Stevenson, 8-5.

In singles, No. 1 Fernandes (A) def. Verpeaux (L), 6-3, 6-2, No. 2 Arrigoni (L) def. Boturao (A), 6-4, 6-1; No. 3 Jonsson (L) downed Cabellos (A), 6-1, 6-1; No. 4 Poutignat (L) def. Labas (A), 6-7, 6-3, 7-6; No. 5 Guimares (A) downed Diego Zegarra (L), 6-2, 6-3; and No. 6 Axelsson (L) def. Stevenson (A), 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.

Second-seeded Columbus State was a 5-1 winner over No. 7 North Georgia. In the other quarterfinal matches, No. 5 Georgia College defeated No. 4 Francis Marion, 5-3, and No. 1 Armstrong Atlantic downed No. 8 USC Aiken, 5-0.

On the women's side, top-seeded Armstrong Atlantic def. Augusta State, 8-0; No. 2 Columbus State def. No. 7 Clayton State, 5-0; No. 3 Francis Marion def. No. 6 USC Aiken, 6-0; and No. 5 Georgia College def. No. 4 Flagler, 5-1.

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Players Mentioned

Ross Armstrong

Ross Armstrong

Junior
Paul-Henri Arrigoni

Paul-Henri Arrigoni

Junior
Oscar Axelsson

Oscar Axelsson

Sophomore
Adam Jonsson

Adam Jonsson

Freshman
Samuel Poutignat

Samuel Poutignat

Freshman
Vincent Verpeaux

Vincent Verpeaux

Sophomore
Diego Zegarra

Diego Zegarra

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Ross Armstrong

Ross Armstrong

Junior
Paul-Henri Arrigoni

Paul-Henri Arrigoni

Junior
Oscar Axelsson

Oscar Axelsson

Sophomore
Adam Jonsson

Adam Jonsson

Freshman
Samuel Poutignat

Samuel Poutignat

Freshman
Vincent Verpeaux

Vincent Verpeaux

Sophomore
Diego Zegarra

Diego Zegarra

Freshman