GREENWOOD, S.C.—USC Aiken's men's tennis team lost to Lander University, 7-2, on Wednesday in Greenwood, S.C.
Fernando Guevara picked up the lone singles win for the Pacers. The freshman defeated Sean Voorhies 7-6, 6-7, 7-6.
The duo of
Harshit Sharma and
Kiril Popov won the number one doubles match, 8-4.
After winning the first set of his singles match, 6-4, against Carl Hesser,
Sharma dropped the next two sets, 6-3, 6-3.
The Pacers will be in action again next Saturday when they travel to Belmont-Abbey College in Charlotte, N.C. The match will begin at 2:00 p.m.
Lander University defeats USC Aiken 7-2
Singles:
1 Fredrik Hoglund (LU) defeated
Kiril Popov (USCA) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
2 Carl Hesser (LU) defeated
Harshit Sharma (USCA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
3 Tobias Edstrom (LU) defeated
Carlos Huerta (USCA) 6-2, 6-2
4
Fernando Guevara (USCA) defeated Sean Voorhies (LU) 7-6, 6-7, 7-6
5 Marius Jubin (LU) defeated
Nicolas Lombardo (USCA) 6-4, 6-2
6 Tom van Ooij (LU) defeated Bogdan Diaconesu (USCA) 6-1, 6-2
Doubles:
1 Sharma/Popov (USCA) defeated Hoglund/Edstrom (LU) 8-4
2 Hesser/Voorhies (LU) defeated Huerta/Diaconesu (USCA) 9-7
3 Jubin/van Ooij (LU) defeated Lombardo/Guevara (USCA) 8-4
Records:
USC Aiken (0-1, 0-1 PBC), Lander (1-0, 1-0 PBC)