Pacers Storm Past Hurricanes
AIKEN, S.C. – The USC Aiken men’s and women’s
tennis teams made short order of Peach Belt Conference rival
Georgia Southwestern at the USC Aiken Tennis Complex on Monday
afternoon.
The Pacer women bested Georgia Southwestern 8-1, while the Pacer
men downed the Hurricanes 9-0.
The USC Aiken women improved to 7-9 on the 2010 season with the win
over the Hurricanes. The 17th-ranked USC Aiken men moved to 8-9 on
the year with the win over Georgia Southwestern. The Pacer women
are now 3-7 on the year in the Peach Belt Conference. USC
Aiken’s men’s tennis team is 2-6 in Peach Belt
Conference action in 2010 after the rout of Georgia Southwestern on
Monday.
Both the Georgia Southwestern women (0-10) and Georgia Southwestern
men (0-7) remain winless in PBC play with the loss to the Pacers.
The Hurricane women are now 5-14 overall and the Hurricane men 3-11
on the season after the loss to the nationally-ranked Pacers.
The lone loss for the USC Aiken women on Monday came at No. 1
singles. The Pacer women won the rest of its five singles points in
straight sets with three of the five points coming on 6-0, 6-0
decision. USC Aiken’s Stephanie Humphrey (Harpendon,
England/Sir John Lawes) at No. 2 singles, Maria Angel (Rosario,
Argentina/San Juan Bautista de la Salle) at No. 3 singles and Ida
Sandberg (Uppsala, Sweden/Celsiusskolan) at No. 6 singles all
claimed the perfect victories.
In men’s action, USC Aiken’s doubles tandem of Gregory
Andrade (Sao Paulo, Brazil/Sergio D'Amorim) and Juan Xavier Ponce
(Miami, Fla. /Drury University) continued their torrid play of late
with a perfect 8-0 win over Georgia Southwestern’s No. 1
doubles team of Victor Piñones-Haltenhoff and Ryan Bartz.
The Pacer duo has now won 10 straight matches to own an impressive
mark of 14-3 overall.
The Pacer men would claim all six singles matches in straight
sets.
The USC Aiken women will travel to Due West, S.C. to square off
with the nationally-ranked Erskine Flying Fleet at 3 p.m. on
Tuesday, March 30.
Two days later, USC Aiken’s men’s and women’s
tennis teams will travel to Orangeburg, S.C. to face off against
NCAA Division I South Carolina State at 3 p.m. on Thursday, April
1. One day later, the Pacer women will welcome UNC Pembroke to the
USC Aiken Tennis Complex for a 2 p.m. match on Friday, April 2.
The Pacer tennis teams will close the curtains on the week with a
10 a.m. match against Peach Belt Conference foe Francis Marion on
Saturday, April 3.
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