The Tusculum College men's tennis team opened its Spring Break Bash trip with a 9-0 victory over Georgetown (Ky.) College on Monday afternoon.

The Pioneers (4-4) did not drop a set in singles on their way to the victory over the Tigers (2-3), who are ranked 23rd in the NAIA Coaches' Top 25 poll.

Tusculum jumped to a 3-0 lead over Georgetown with three wins in singles play. Lukas Winkelmann and Nicolas Planchard defeated Ryan Least and Jacob Loveland 8-1 at flight one, Jonas Winkelmann and John Taylor teamed for an 8-6 victory at flight two over Gustavo Echeverria and Chris Bartlett, and the duo of Paul Wiederspahn and Joseph Elphingstone claimed an 8-5 triumph over Zach Thomas and Ross Phelps at flight three.

The Pioneers finished off the shutout of the Tigers with a sweep of all six singles matches. Lukas Winkelmann defeated Echeverria 6-3, 6-1 at flight one, Planchard downed Least 6-0, 6-0 at flight two and Jonas Winkelmann handed Thoma a 6-1, 6-1 setback at flight three.

In other singles matches, Wiederspahn posted a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Bartlett at flight four, Daniel Gianopulos won 6-3, 6-3 at flight five over Loveland and Nacho Collado earned a 6-3, 6-1 win at flight six against Josh Clay.

Tusculum returns to the courts Tuesday morning at 8 a.m. against Charleston (W. Va.).