GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- The No. 31 Tusculum College men's tennis team recorded its third straight victory as the Pioneers posted a 9-0 win over King College Thursday afternoon at the Nichols Tennis Complex.

Tusculum improves to 5-1 on the season, while King drops to 1-2 on the year.

The Pioneers got three points in doubles action, including an 8-0 pro set win by the No. 2 pairing of Leo Guaycurus and Henrique Rodrigues over King's Nick Smith and Chris Coleman.

TC also swept all six singles matches, including victories by Thomas Rees, Hunter Beal, Steven Lin, Drew Kiser, Rodrigues and Guaycurus.

The Pioneers will travel to North Greenville University this Saturday for a 1 p.m. match on the Tigerville, S.C. campus.

- TC -

No. 31 Tusculum 9, King 0
Singles
1 - Henrique Rodrigues (TC) def. Hiroki Takagi 1-0, retired
2 - Thomas Rees (TC) def. Oriol Mirallas 6-1, 6-2
3 - Hunter Beal (TC) def. Juan Avila 6-2, 6-0
4 - Leo Guaycurus (TC) def. Seth Hale 6-1, 6-0
5 - Steven Lin (TC) def. Nick Smith 6-1, 6-0
6 - Drew Kiser (TC) def. Eiki Magnusson 6-1, 6-3

Doubles
1 - Rees/Kiser (TC) def. Mirallas/Avila 8-5
2 - Guaycurus/Rodrigues (TC) def. Smith/Chris Coleman 8-0
3 - Beal/Lin (TC) def. Hale/Magnusson 8-5