Jaguars Upend No. 11 Lander

AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Augusta State men's tennis squad claimed two of three doubles matches and went on to register a 5-2 victory over No. 11 Lander Friday in the quarterfinals of the Peach Belt Conference Championships at Newman Tennis Center.

With the victory, No. 20 ASU improved to 15-7 overall, while Lander slipped to 16-4. ASU will take on third-seeded Flagler, a 5-3 winner over No. 6 seed Georgia College, on Saturday at 5:00 p.m.

At No. 1 doubles, the 13th-ranked team of ASU's Bernardo Fernandes/Henrique Boturao defeated Paul-Henri Arrigoni/Carlos Marques (L), 8-3; and at No. 2, the Jags' Victor Cabellos/Victor Guimaraes upended Christopher Mattsson/Oscar Perman.

ASU won at Nos. 2, 3 and 4 singles to clinch the match.

At No. 2, Boturao topped Willers, 6-2, 6-0; No. 3 Cabellos defeated Marques 6-3, 6-2 and No. 4 Guimaraes took down Perman 6-1, 6-7, 6-1.

Lander's Axelsson won at No. 5 singles against the Jaguars' Jenner Stevenson, 6-3, 6-4.

Augusta State def. Lander, 5-2

Doubles

1. Fernandes/Boturao (ASU) def. Arrigoni/Marques (Lander) 8-3

2. Cabellos/Guimaraes (ASU) def. Mattsson/Perman (Lander) 8-4

3. Willers/Axelsson (Lander) def. Stevenson/Coulomb (ASU) 8-5

Singles

1. Bernardo Fernandes (ASU) vs. Paul-Henri Arrigoni (Lander) DNF

2. Henrique Boturao (ASU) def. Henrik Willers (Lander) 6-2, 6-0

3. Victor Cabellos (ASU) def. Carlos Marques (Lander) 6-3, 6-2