AIKEN, S.C.—USC Aiken's women's tennis team lost to Francis Marion University, 5-4, on Thursday.  The Lady Pacers' matches with Georgia College & State University and Columbus State University scheduled for Friday and Saturday were postponed because of rain.  USCA fell to 0-2 overall and 0-2 in the Peach Belt Conference.  FMU improved to a perfect 4-0 and 1-0 in conference play. 
  
Each team won three singles matches but the Lady Patriots took two of three doubles matches to squeeze out the 5-4 win. 
  
Maria Claudia Romo, Dominique Cassetori and Nicole Copp were winners in singles action.  After losing the first set, Romo came back to defeat Ana Carias, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, in number one singles play. Cassetori beat Stefanie Schaller in straight sets, 6-1 and 7-6, in number two singles.  Copp won a three set battle with Stephanie Bush, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1, in the number four singles match. 
  
On the doubles side, the team of Cassetori and Erika Eles beat Francis Marion's duo of Maria Ava Lallemant and Schaller by a score of 8-5. 
  
The Lady Pacers will not return to action until March 6, when they host Northern Kentucky University at the USC Aiken Tennis Complex in Aiken, S.C.
Francis Marion University defeats USC Aiken 5-4 
Singles: 
1 Maria Claudia Romo (USCA) defeated Ana Carias (FMU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 
2 Dominque Cassetori (USCA) defeated Stefanie Schaller (FMU) 6-1, 7-6 
3 Etrecia Coetzee (FMU) defeated Erika Eles (USCA) 7-6, 6-2 
4 Nicole Copp (USCA) defeated Stephanie Bush (FMU) 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 
5 Maria Ava Lallemant (USCA) defeated Lane Matheny (USCA) 6-4, 7-5 
6 Lillian Jamieson (FMU) defeated Heather Thornton (USCA) 6-2, 6-1
Doubles: 
1 Carias/Coetzee (FMU) defeated Copp/Romo (USCA) 8-2 
2 Eles/Cassetori (USCA) defeated Lallemant/Schaller (FMU) 8-5 
3 Jamieson/Bush (KSU) defeated Matheny/Thornton (USCA) 8-2
Records: 
USC Aiken (0-2, 0-2 PBC), FMU (4-0, 1-0 PBC)