FLORENCE, S.C. - The nationally ranked Francis Marion University men's and women's tennis teams easily swept a Peach Belt Conference dual match from Augusta State University, Wednesday afternoon (March 15) on the Kassab Courts.
The 13th-ranked Patriot women (7-3, 3-2) lost only the No. 3 doubles match en route to an 8-1 win over ASU (9-7, 1-5).
The 16th-ranked FMU men (8-1, 4-1) swept all three doubles matches and split the six singles matches to claim a 6-3 win over the 27th-ranked Jaguar men (10-7, 0-5).
Both FMU squads will play PBC matches at USC Upstate, Saturday at 1 p.m. in Spartanburg.
#16 Francis Marion (men) 6 #27 Augusta State 3
SINGLES
#1 #4 Kevin Taylor (FMU) def. Lindy Blount (ASU) 6-2 6-4
#2 David Budler (FMU) def. Igor Vasconcellos (ASU) 7-5 6-1
#3 Victor Meza (ASU) def #17 Chatwinder Singh (FMU) 6-4 6-0
#4 Arthur Figuero (ASU) def. Franklyn Emmanuel (FMU) 6-7 (5) 6-4 6-4
#5 Harald Hahn (ASU) def. Matthew Keth (FMU) 6-2 7-6 (4)
#6 Dananjaya Mayadunne (FMU) def. Frederico Mendes (ASU) 6-1 6-4
DOUBLES
#1 Taylor/Budler (FMU) def. Vasconcellos/Meza (ASU) 8-2
#2 Mayadunne/Emmanuel (FMU) def. Hahn/Mendes (ASU) 8-2
#3 Singh/Keth (FMU) def. Blount/Figuero (ASU) 8-2
RECORDS: Francis Marion 8-1 (4-1 PBC), Augusta State 10-7 (0-5 PBC)
#13 Francis Marion (women) 8 Augusta State 1
SINGLES
#1 Sarka Vitkova (FMU) def. Nathalia Rodrigues (ASU) 6-2 6-2
#2 Jenny Ludwig (FMU) def. Sarah Jegat (ASU) 6-0 6-0
#3 Kamini Murugaboopathy (FMU) def. Norma Rovira (ASU) 7-6 (5) 6-3
#4 Magda Jezovicova (FMU) def. Maria Zevalles (ASU) 6-4 6-0
#5 Elizabeth Lee (FMU) def. Ashley Abrams (ASU) 6-2 3-6 6-0
#6 Sarah Hickman (FMU) def. Jeaneen Brester (ASU) 6-1 6-3
DOUBLES
#1 Murugaboopathy/Ludwig (FMU) def. Rodrigues/Rovira (ASU) 8-4
#2 Vitkova/Jezovicova (FMU) def. Zevallos/Jegat (ASU) 8-0
#3 Abrams/Brester (ASU) def. Lee/Maria Covell (FMU) 8-6
RECORDS: Francis Marion 7-3 (3-2 PBC), Augusta State 9-7 (1-5 PBC)
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