GREENWOOD, S.C. -- The 24th ranked Anderson men's tennis team
continued its three-match non-conference road trip by suffering a
7-2 setback to No. 14 Lander University, while the women's team
dropped a narrow 5-4 decision to the Lady Bearcats Tuesday
afternoon at the Joe Cabri Courts. The Bearcats won their 10th
consecutive match and improved to 10-1 overall, while Anderson
slipped to 7-4 overall and the AU women's squad dropped to 7-6 on
the season. Lander swept the doubles' points, while the singles'
action opened with Trojan senior Renato Assuncao defeating the
Bearcats' Paul-Henri Arrigoni, 2-6, 6-4, (10-7) at the No. 1 slot,
while John Karle also rallied for a hard-fought 4-6, 7-5 (10-7) win
at the number four flight for the AU wins. In doubles' action on
the women's side, the sophomore tandem of Marcela Gallegos and
Shelby Anderson claimed their second win in as many days with a
solid 8-2 win at No. 1, while Julie Halbert and Camie
Beaulieu-Brunet dropped a close 9-8 decision at the number two
flight, with Emily Weiland and Angie Solorzano suffering an 8-6
setback at No. 3. Solorzano followed up with a three-set 6-2, 3-6,
6-2 win at No. 2 singles, while Brunet earned a 6-1, 6-2 win past
Lander's Caitlin Fell. Weiland collected the Trojan's final win of
the afternoon with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Melanise Newbold. The AU
men's team travels to Francis Marion on Wednesday before taking a
seven-day break from the courts, while the women's squad returns to
action when it plays host to conference opponent Coker at the Max
Grubbs Courts on Saturday, March 27, with first-serve slated for 1
p.m.