CLINTON, S.C.- The Presbyterian College men's tennis team was beaten by Campbell, 4-3, in the Big South Conference opener on Sunday morning at the Templeton Tennis Courts. 

The Blue Hose drop to 11-5 overall on the year and 0-1 in conference action with a match tomorrow afternoon at home against Lamar at 2 p.m. The Camels improve to 7-5 and host Winthrop on Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m.

In doubles, Marthinus Visser and Adrien Rossignon defeated Joel Roberts (Summerville, S.C.) and Alexander Lykou (Aarhus, Denmark) 8-7 at No. 1 doubles. Ben Kelley (Weaverville, N.C.) and Ryan Miller (Norcross, Ga.) were beaten by the No. 2 duo of Lukas Schaefer and Jonathan O'Neal, 8-5. Steven Billinton and Nicolas Rakitin knocked off Brandon Mills (Lilburn, Ga.) and Lukas Luckemeier (Greven, Germany) 8-3 at flight 3. 

In singles action, Alejandro Bejar (Madrid, Spain) improved to 13-1 on the year with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Visser at No. 4 singles. Mills earned a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Krone at line 5 and Kelly defeated O'Neal at line 6, 7-5, 4-6, 10-8 for PC's singles wins over the Camels. 

Billington defeated Roberts at No. 1 singles, 6-3, 6-3, Rakitin knocked off Diego Manzanas (Madrid, Spain) 6-4, 6-3 at line 2, and Schaefer beat Miller 6-1, 6-1 at No. 3 to help the visitors get the one-point win. 

Singles Competition:

1. Billington,Steven (CAM-M) def. ROBERTS, Joel (PCM) 6-3, 6-3

2. Rakitin,Nicolas (CAM-M) def. MANZANAS, Diego (PCM) 6-4, 6-3

3. Schaefer,Lukas (CAM-M) def. MILLER, Ryan (PCM) 6-1, 6-1

4. BEJAR, Alejandro (PCM) def. Visser,Marthinus (CAM-M) 7-5, 6-3

5. MILLS, Brandon (PCM) def. Krone,Jean-Marc (CAM-M) 6-1, 6-0

6. KELLEY, Ben (PCM) def. O'Neal,Jonathan (CAM-M) 7-5, 4-6, 10-8

Doubles Competition:

1. Visser,Marthinus/Rossignon,Adrien (CAM-M) def. ROBERTS, Joel/LYKOU, Alexander (PCM) 8-7

2. Schaefer,Lukas/O'Neal,Jonathan (CAM-M) def. KELLEY, Ben/MILLER, Ryan (PCM) 8-5

3. Billington,Steven/Rakitin,Nicolas (CAM-M) def. MILLS, Brandon/LUCKEMEIER, Lukas (PCM) 8-3