AIKEN, S.C. – The nationally-ranked University of South Carolina Aiken tennis teams swept Queens on Friday afternoon at the USC Aiken Tennis Complex.
The 44th-ranked USC Aiken women (4-1) claimed a 5-2 victory over the nationally 50th-ranked Queens women (3-1). The USC Aiken women have now won three straight matches.
The 35th-ranked Pacer men (2-1) obtained a 6-1 victory over the Queens men (3-1).
The USC Aiken men entered singles action having taken two of the three doubles matches. The Pacer No. 1 doubles tandem of Kevin Zerath (Marseilles, France/Euromed Management Marseille) and Patrick Stiebinger (Weiden, Germany/Wichita State University) claimed the biggest win in doubles with an 8-0 win over Queens' No. 1 doubles duo of Ole-Jacob Meum and Andre Bafume.
Ranked 26th nationally in singles, Zerath then bested Queens' Joshua Bloch 6-4, 3-6, 10-6 at No. 1 singles.
Two Pacers claimed 6-0, 6-0 wins in singles with Stiebinger downing Meum with that score at No. 2 singles and Andy Quirk (Glasgow, Scotland/Wisconsin) blanking Bryce Boothby at No. 4 singles.
The USC Aiken women also entered singles action with a 2-1 advantage after earning wins at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles.
The Pacer women then took victories at No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 singles to claim the match.
Giovanna Ramos (Sao Paulo, Brazil/Externato Mater Domus) won 6-4, 7-6 over Morgan Roberts at No. 2 singles, while Julia Arruda (Valinhos, Brazil/Anglo Coc Valinhos) bested Erin Williams 7-5, 7-6 at No. 3 singles.
Shauna Williams (Columbia, S.C./Broward Community College) downed Queens' Amanda Poole 7-5, 7-5 at No. 4 singles.
The match against Queens was the only match on the week for the nationally 35th-ranked Pacer men. The match against Queens was the first of three on the weekend at the USC Aiken Tennis Complex for the USC Aiken women.
The nationally 44th-ranked Pacer women will welcome Peach Belt Conference foe Montevallo to the USC Aiken Tennis Complex on Saturday, Feb. 16. First serve is slated for 1 p.m.
The USC Aiken women's tennis team will then close out its weekend with a home match against Clayton State at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 17.
The Pacer men will next play host to North Greenville at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 21 at the USC Aiken Tennis Complex.
