SUMTER, S.C. - The Lander men's tennis team wrapped up the first two days of competition at the ITA Division II Southeast Regional Championships on Saturday, highlighted by Harry Pugh advancing to the singles quarterfinals and teaming with Brendan Jayaprakash to reach the doubles semifinals at the Palmetto Tennis Center.

The eighth-seeded doubles duo opened tournament play Friday with an 8-2 victory over Noel Bartz and Martin Posada of Newberry in the round of 32.

Pugh and Jayaprakash continued their run Saturday, defeating Fredrik Foss and Francesco Padilla of Barton 8-3 in the round of 16 before earning an 8-4 victory over fourth-seeded Anton Krondell and Alex Despoja of North Georgia in the quarterfinals.

The duo is looking to make its second consecutive appearance in the regional doubles championship match after reaching the final last year, where it finished as runner-up.

The Bearcats will face Martino Colabella and Riku Ogasawara of Wingate in Sunday's semifinals at 9 a.m., with a spot in the ITA Southeast Regional Championship match on the line.

In singles competition, top-seeded Pugh advanced to the quarterfinals after earning a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Viktor Viraghalmi of Francis Marion in the opening round and a 6-1, 6-2 win over Mico Vincent Fenollar of Anderson in the round of 32. Pugh continued his run Saturday with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Romain Payan of Tusculum in the round of 16.

Pugh will face sixth-seeded Marcos Castellanos of North Georgia in Sunday's quarterfinals at 10:30 a.m.

Lander's other doubles pairing, Christian Bacher and Tanussh Ghildyal, also picked up an opening-round win Friday, defeating Viktor Viraghalmi and Jules Subra of Francis Marion 8-5. The duo's run ended Saturday with an 8-6 loss to fourth-seeded Krondell and Despoja in the round of 16.

In singles competition, top-seeded Pugh advanced to the round of 16 after earning a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Viraghalmi in the opening round and a 6-1, 6-2 win over Mico Vincent Fenollar of Anderson in the round of 32. Pugh's singles run ended Saturday with a 6-3, 6-4 loss to Romain Payan of Tusculum.

Bacher also advanced past the opening round, defeating Henrique Terela Fratini De Castro of Emmanuel 6-3, 6-3 before falling to third-seeded Despoja of North Georgia 6-4, 6-4 in the round of 32.

Jayaprakash fell to second-seeded Simon Malis of Flagler in the opening round, 4-6, 6-1 [11-9].

In the B singles draw, Chan Min and Luke Dent both saw their tournament runs end in the opening round Friday. Min fell to seventh-seeded Cam Simpson of Belmont Abbey 7-5, 4-6 [10-5], while Dent dropped a 6-2, 6-1 decision to Subra of Francis Marion.

Lander will return to action Sunday as Pugh and Jayaprakash look to secure a spot in Monday's doubles championship match.