FLORENCE, S.C. – In a battle of nationally-ranked teams in the quarterfinals of the Peach Belt Conference Men's Tennis Championship, second-seeded/nationally seventh-ranked Lander bested seventh-seeded/national No. 30 USC Aiken, 5-0, at the Dr. Eddie Floyd Florence Tennis Center.

USC Aiken (11-7) with its loss to Lander (14-2) will now take on sixth-seeded Francis Marion in the elimination bracket at 8 a.m. on Saturday, April 13. Third-seeded Columbus State downed Francis Marion, 5-0, in the quarterfinals.

For more information on the Peach Belt Conference Tennis Championships, please visit the official website at: http://www.peachbeltconference.org/information/13tennistournament/index