GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Tusculum College locked up the sixth seed in the upcoming Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Women's Tennis Tournament with a 9-0 victory over Newberry College Sunday afternoon at the Nichols Tennis Complex.

The Pioneers (11-8, 4-5 SAC) lost a total of eight games in singles en route to a sweep of the Wolves (4-15, 0-8 SAC), winning all five contested matches in straight sets. The SAC Tournament will be contested April 20-22 at the Rock Hill Tennis Center in Rock Hill, S.C.

In doubles, Courtney Conley and Taylor Patterson posted an 8-2 victory over Marina Ziehe and Amanda Simmons at flight one, and Katie Hillis teamed with Blake Thompson for an 8-1 win at flight two over Shannon McManus and Lindsey Kyzer at flight two. The final doubles match was awarded to Megan Buckmaster and Kristen Keefer by default, since Newberry did not have enough players for a full lineup.

In singles play, Conley downed Ziehe 6-3, 6-0 at flight one, Patterson defeated Simmons 6-1, 6-2 at flight two, Buckmaster won 6-1, 6-0 at flight three over McManus, Keefer swept Kyzer 6-0, 6-0 at flight four and Thompson won 6-1, 6-0 at flight five over Hoover. Hillis was victorious by default at flight six for the Pioneers.

Tusculum closes its regular season next Saturday at 2:30 p.m., hosting North Georgia in a non-conference match at the Nichols Tennis Complex.

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