FARMVILLE, Va. – Longwood's Dan Elston won his fifth straight match, but Presbyterian won five of six singles matches to earn a 5-2 win over the Lancers Saturday afternoon on Lancer Courts.

Longwood won the doubles point for the third straight match with wins at the No. 1 and 3 positions.

Elston and Steed Johnson defeated Diego Manzanas and Joel Roberts at the No. 1 position by a score of 8-3, while Bharani Sankar and Alfonso Castellano knocked off duo of Lukas Luckemeier and Alexander Lykou, 8-7, at the No. 3 spot in the order. 

Ben Kelley and Brandon Mills beat Florian Uffer and Rosen Ilchev, 8-6 in Longwood's lone loss in the doubles portion.

However, PC won five of the six singles matches.

Elston continued his win streak with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Roberts atop the singles lineup. The win is the fifth straight for Elston, as he is now 12-5 on the season and 8-2 in his last 10 matches.

Manzanas posted a 6-2, 6-1 win over Uffer at the No. 2 spot, while Alfonso Castellano fell in a decisive third set against Alejandro Bejar at the third position, 6-1, 6-7, 7-6.

Johnson fell at the No. 4 slot against Mills 6-4. 6-2, while Danny Bruce also got a win in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3, on court five with his win over Sankar. Lachlan Manser dropped his match in straight sets to Kelley No. 6, 6-0, 6-3.

Up next, Longwood will return to the courts Sunday for a match against Coastal Carolina. The match is set to get underway at noon on Lancer Courts
 
Presbyterian College 5, Longwood 2
Mar 21, 2015 at Farmville, Va. (Lancer Courts)
 

Doubles 1. ELSTON/JOHNSON (LWU) def. MANZANAS/ROBERTS (PCM) 8-3 2. MILLS/KELLEY (PCM) def. UFFER/CASTELLANO (LWU) 8-6 3. SANKAR/ILCHEV (LWU) def. LUCKEMEIER/LYKOU (PCM) 8-7 (7-3)     Singles 1. ELSTON, Dan (LWU) def. ROBERTS, Joel (PCM) 6-3, 6-3

2. MANZANAS, Diego (PCM) def. UFFER, Florian (LWU) 6-2, 6-1

3. BEJAR, Alejandro (PCM) def. CASTELLANO, Alfonso (LWU) 6-1, 6-7, 7-6

4. MILLS, Brandon (PCM) def. JOHNSON, Steed (LWU) 6-4, 6-2

5. BRUCE, Danny (PCM) def. SANKAR, Bharani (LWU) 6-1, 6-3

6. KELLEY, Ben (PCM) def. MANSER, Lachlan (LWU) 6-0, 6-3