CHARLOTTE – The regionally 10th-ranked University of South Carolina Aiken men's tennis team stayed perfect on the 2012 season with a 6-3 victory over regionally ninth-ranked Queens on Friday afternoon at Freedom Park.
The USC Aiken women's tennis team suffered its first loss of the year on Friday at Freedom Park with a 6-3 loss to the regionally 10th-ranked Queens women.
The Pacer men (3-0) started Friday's match by earning victories over Queens (3-2) at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles.
USC Aiken acquired wins at No. 2, No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6 singles to claim the 6-3 team victory. Bruno Orlandini (Araraquara, SP, Brazil/Longwood) collected the biggest win in singles on the day for USC Aiken with a 6-1, 6-0 win at No. 4 singles over Queens' Raahil Dhruva.
The Pacer women (2-1) dropped two of the three doubles matches with USC Aiken's only win coming at No. 3 doubles.
Margot Simon (Nantes, France/St. Joseph de Loquidy) at No. 1 singles and Gina Kothari (Leicester, England/Dixie Grammar School) at No. 6 singles claimed singles victories on Friday for USC Aiken, but it would not be enough to allow the Pacers to obtain the overall team victory over Queens.
The USC Aiken men and women will next close out their week against Limestone in Gaffney, S.C. on Sunday, Feb. 19. Things are slated to get underway at 2 p.m.
