COLUMBUS, Ga. | No. 6 Columbus State University registered a 7-2 Peach Belt Conference men's tennis victory over Young Harris College Saturday (Feb. 25) afternoon at the Cooper Creek Tennis Center.

The Cougars improved to 7-0 overall and to 2-0 in the league, while the Mountain Lions fell to 2-5 and 0-2. Young Harris wraps up the weekend trip Sunday (Feb. 26) when they travel to Americus, Georgia, for an 11 a.m. PBC match against Georgia Southwestern State University. 

Young Harris claimed wins at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles to open up a 2-1 lead, but the Cougars swept all six singles matches. The Mountain Lions' No. 1 doubles team of Alex Pavel and Raul Quevedo upset the No. 16-ranked duo of KP Pannu and Zach Whaanga 8-4.

#6 COLUMBUS STATE 7, YOUNG HARRIS 2
Singles competition
1. #17 KP Pannu (CSU) def. Daniel Tiboldi (YHC) 6-1, 6-1
2. #47 Zach Whaanga (CSU) def. Alex Pavel (YHC) 6-1, 6-1
3. Paul Sprengelmeijer (CSU) def. Mateo Besada (YHC) 6-1, 6-3
4. Shao-Yu Yu (CSU) def. Raul Quevedo (YHC) 6-1, 6-1
5. Matei Avram (CSU) def. Tim Fleerkamp (YHC) 6-3, 6-4
6. #39 Jorge Vargas (CSU) def. Javier Villar (YHC) 6-2, 7-5

Doubles competition
1. Alex Pavel/Raul Quevedo (YHC) def. #16 KP Pannu/Zach Whaanga (CSU) 8-4
2. Maciej Kierkus/Matei Avram (CSU) def. Cole Conner/Javier Villar (YHC) 8-0
3. Mateo Besada/Tim Fleerkamp (YHC) def. Jorge Vargas/Shao-Yu Yu (CSU) 8-4

Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (4,2,1,3,5,6)