GREENWOOD – The No. 7-ranked Lander men's tennis team opened the Peach Belt Conference portion of its schedule Saturday afternoon with a 8-1 victory over No. 32 Francis Marion at The Joe Cabri Tennis Center.

Lander improves to 5-2 overall and 1-0 in the PBC, while FMU drops to 5-2, 2-1.

In singles, No. 1 Vincent Verpeaux (L) def. Gavin Davison (F) 6-3, 6-0, 7-5; No. 2 Ristomatti Lanne (L) def. Tim Ruepke (F) 6-0, 6-2; No. 3 Richard Ashforth (F) def. Adam Jonsson (L) 6-4, 5-7, 10-5; No. 4 Marc Hofer (L) def. Eimon Heywood (F) 7-6, 7-5; No. 5 Niklas Terhorst (L) def. Marius Wahlier (F) 6-4, 6-3; and No. 6 Diego Zegarra (L) def. J. Roettlingsberger (F) 6-1, 6-3.

In doubles, No. 1 Oscar Axelsson/Adam Jonsson (L) def. Marius Wahlier/Tim Ruepke (F) 8-1; No. 2 Vincent Verpeaux/Niklas Terhorst (L) def. Richard Ashforth/Gavin Davison (F) 9-8; and No. 3 Samuel Poutignat/Marc Hofer (L) def. Eimon Heywood/Luke Bateup (F) 8-2.