AIKEN, SC—The USC Aiken men's tennis team dropped a conference match to Lander 9-0. The Pacers fall to 6-4 overall, and 1-4 in the Peach Belt.
Freshman
Joerg Neubauer took
Matthiew Blestoau to three sets before falling 11-9 in the final set.
Blestoau won the first set 7-5, but
Neubauer came right back in the second set, cruising to a 6-2 victory, forcing the third set.
In doubles, Lander swept all three, but
Kiril Popov and
Will Elliot battled to an 8-6 defeat. Lander cruised through the other two doubles matches, winning 8-2 and 8-0.
The Pacers will travel to the North-South Tournament this weekend in Wilson, NC at Barton College.