SPARTANBURG, S.C.—USC Aiken fell to eighth ranked USC Spartanburg, 7-2, today in Peach Belt Conference men's tennis in Spartanburg, S.C.  The Pacers fell to 6-5 on the season and 1-4 in conference play.  The Rifles improve to 15-0 overall and 6-0 in the PBC. 
  
USCA earned one singles win and one doubles win.  Fernando Guevara defeated Ben Ureta in the number three singles match by a score of 6-3 and 7-5.  The duo of Harshit Sharma and Carlos Huerta downed Spartanburg's team of Lighton Muchinda and Rodolfo Castro, 8-6. 
  
Sharma fell in three sets to Diego Sist in the number two singles match, 6-7, 6-4 and 6-3.  The Rifles won the other four singles matches in straight sets. 
  
The doubles combo of Kiril Popov and Nicolas Lombardo lost a close one to Sist and Ureta.  The USCA team fell by a score of 8-6.
The Pacers will be back in action on Saturday when they step out of conference play for a match with North Greenville College in Greenville, S.C.  USCA will take to the courts at 12:00 p.m.
USC Spartanburg defeats USC Aiken 7-2
Singles: 
#1 Lighton Muchinda (USCS) defeated Kiril Popov (USCA) 6-3, 6-4 
#2 Diego Sist (USCS) defeated Harshit Sharma (USCA) 6-7, 6-4, 6-3 
#3 Fernando Guevara (USCA) defeated Ben Ureta (USCS) 6-3, 7-5 
#4 Aly Mandour (USCS) defeated Nicolas Lombardo (USCA) 7-5, 6-3 
#5 David Gustafsson (USCS) defeated Carlos Huerta (USCA) 6-1, 6-2 
#6 Rodolfo Castro (USCS) defeated Bogdan Diaconescu (USCA) 6-2, 6-1
Doubles: 
#1 Sist/Ureta (USCS) defeated Popov/Lombardo (USCA) 8-6 
#2 Mandour/Dustafsson (USCS) defeated Guevara/Diaconescu (USCA) 8-2 
#3 Sharma/ Huerta (USCA) defeated Muchinda/Castro (USCS) 8-6