Tusculum College posted its seventh consecutive victory with a 9-0 sweep of Lenoir-Rhyne University in a South Atlantic Conference men's tennis match at the Nichols Tennis Complex Saturday afternoon.

The Pioneers (10-4, 4-1 SAC) posted their fourth shutout victory of the season by winning all but one set against the Bears (2-8, 1-7 SAC). Tusculum has won 52 of 61 matches from its opponents during its streak of seven straight wins.

Tusculum's doubles lineup set the tone for the match with three victories. At flight one, Lukas Winkelmann and Nicolas Planchard defeated Kilian Symalla and John Christian Reid 8-2, Jonas Winkelmann and John Taylor downed Filip Dobrosavljevic and Dylan Millwood 8-0 at flight two, and Paul Wiederspahn teamed with Joseph Elphingstone for an 8-3 win over Jordan Lawson and Matthew Ledford at flight three.

In singles, Lukas Winkelmann improved his record to 12-1 with a 6-2, 6-0 win at flight one over Symalla, and Planchard boosted his season mark to 10-1 with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Dobrosavljevic at flight two. At flight three, Jonas Winkelmann won a tiebreaker 10-7 over Reid after splitting the first two sets 6-2 and 3-6.

Wiederspahn won 6-0, 6-2 over Lawson at flight four, Taylor was a 6-2, 6-1 winner at flight five over Ledford, and Daniel Gianopulos claimed a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Millwood at flight six.

The Pioneers will face first-place Lincoln Memorial in a SAC showdown Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m. at the Nichols Tennis Complex. The Railsplitters are 4-0 in conference play, a half-game ahead of the Pioneers in the standings.