FLORENCE – The second-seeded Lander men's tennis team defeated fourth-seeded Georgia College, 5-2, Sunday afternoon to claim third place in the Peach Belt Conference Men's Tennis Tournament hosted by Francis Marion at the Dr. Eddie Floyd Florence Tennis Center.

Seventh-ranked Lander improves to 15-3 overall, while No. 17 Georgia College is 18-6.

Both teams now must wait to see if they will earn a berth into next week's regional tournaments.

After Lander won two of three doubles matches, the Bearcats only needed to claim three singles to earn the victory.

In doubles, No. 1 Johan Wadstein/Andreas Ainalides (GC) def. #13 August Iwdal/Adam Jonsson (LU) 8-4; No. 2 Paul-Henri Arrigoni/Vincent Verpeaux (LU) def. Wictor Andersson/Yannick Hass (GC) 9-7; and No. 3 Samuel Poutignat/Oscar Axellson (LU) def. Taylor Powell/Alex Schubert (GC) 8-3.

In singles, No. 1 Vincent Verpeaux (LU) def. #48 Johan Wadstein (GC) 6-4, 6-1; No. 2 Andreas Ainalides (GC) def. Samuel Poutignat (LU) 6-1, 6-0; No. 3 Oscar Axelsson (LU) vs. Yannick Hass (GC) 6-4, 4-5, unfinished; No. 4 Adam Jonsson (LU) def. Alex Schubert (GC) 6-3, 6-2; No. 5 August Iwdal (LU) def. Mattia Campus (GC) 6-3, 6-4; No. 6 Diego Zegarra (LU) vs. Wictor Andersson (GC) 6-3, 6-7, unfinished