COLUMBUS, GA. - The two nationally ranked Francis Marion University tennis team split a Peach Belt Conference dual match at Columbus State University on Saturday (March 4), with the men winning 5-4 and the Patriot women losing 6-3. FMU will play at Georgia College & State University, Sunday in Milledgeville, Ga.
The CSU women remained perfect on the season with a 6-3 win over Francis Marion in a PBC match at the Blackmon Tennis Center. The Lady Cougars won four of six singles matches and took two of three in doubles play. CSU moves to 6-0 and 3-0 in PBC play, while 36th-ranked FMU drops to 4-3 and 1-2.
SINGLES:
1) Diana Gherghi (CSU) def. Sarka Vitkova (FMU) 6-1, 6-0
2) Raluca Moldovan (CSU) def. Jenny Ludwig (FMU) 6-2, 1-6, 6-2
3) Kamini Murugaboobathy (FMU) def. Agata Polcyn (CSU) 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
4) Magda Jezovicova (FMU) def. Roxana Dondera (CSU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
5) Daniela Castillo (CSU) def. Elizabeth Lee (FMU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-0
6) Erin Reynolds (CSU) def. Sarah Hickman (FMU) 6-0, 6-1
DOUBLES:
1) Gherghi/Moldovan (CSU) def. Murugaboobathy/Ludwig 8-1
2) Vitkova/Jezovicova (FMU) def. Dondera/Reynolds 9-8
3) Polcyn/Castillo (CSU) def. Maria Covell/Lee 8-3
Fifteenth-ranked Francis Marion handed the Columbus State men their first loss of the season with a 5-4 setback at the Blackmon Tennis Center. FMU (3-1, 2-1) won two of three doubles matches and split the three singles matches.
SINGLES:
1) Razvan Druica (CSU) def. #4 ranked Kevin Taylor (FMU) 0-6, 6-3, 6-4
2) Guillermo Echevarria (CSU) def. Chatwinder Singh (FMU) 6-2, 6-1
3) David Budler (FMU) def. Paul Van Rensburg (CSU) 6-2, 6-1
4) Franklyn Emmanuel (FMU) def. Daniel Aronowitsch (CSU) 7-6, 6-1
5) Igor Prielozny (FMU) def. Alex Vasilescu (CSU) 6-4, 7-6
6) Jan Greeff (CSU) def. Matthew Keth (FMU) 6-3, 6-3
DOUBLES:
1) Taylor/Budler (FMU) def. Druica/Van Rensburg (CSU) 9-7
2) Dananjaya Mayadunne/Emmanuel (FMU) def. Vasilescu/Aronowitsch (CSU) 9-8
3) Greeff/Echevarria (CSU) def. Singh/Keth (FMU) 8-2
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