#11 FMU Men snap skid, beat #17 Anderson 6-3

ANDERSON, SC - The 11th-ranked Francis Marion University men's tennis team snapped a three-game losing skid with a 6-3 non-conference road win over 17th-ranked Anderson University, Sunday afternoon (March 29).

Francis Marion improves to 11-4, while Anderson falls to 5-3.

The Patriots' No. 1 doubles team of Oshada Wijemanne and Dilshod Sharifi beat the No. 5 ranked doubles team in NCAA Division II by a 8-3 score, as FMU claimed two of the three doubles matches.

The entire match was played against a biting wind, with gusts reaching 27 mph.

Francis Marion will host Whittier (Calif.) College on Tuesday at 3 p.m. on the Kassab Courts.

Men's Tennis Match Results

Francis Marion University vs Anderson University

Mar 29, 2009 at Anderson, SC

#11 Francis Marion University 6, #17 Anderson University 3

Singles competition

1. #12 Philip Pakebusch (AND) def. #7 Oshada Wijemanne (FMU) 6-4, 6-0

2. Dilshod Sharifi (FMU) def. Stephane Murray (AND) 6-1, 2-6, 6-2

3. Mario Kieck (FMU) def. Navaneetha Baskaran (AND) 6-2, 6-3

4. Renato Assuncao (AND) def. Bastian Czwalinna (FMU) 7-5, 1-6, 6-0

5. Karl Rogers (FMU) def. Marc Pibernat (AND) 6-3, 6-3

6. Dirk Bair (FMU) def. Ilya Zakharov (AND) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3

Doubles competition

1. Oshada Wijemanne/Dilshod Sharifi (FMU) def. #5 Philip Pakebusch/Renato Assuncao (AND) 8-3

2. Marc Pibernat/Stephane Murray (AND) def. Matthew Keth/Karl Rogers (FMU) 8-2

3. Mario Kieck/Dirk Bair (FMU) def. Ilya Zakharov/Navaneetha Baskaran (AND) 8-4

Match Notes:

Francis Marion University 11-4; National ranking #11; Regional ranking #4

Anderson University 5-3; National ranking #17; Regional ranking #6