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Tusculum earns third straight shutout with 9-0 win over Brevard

Tusculum earns third straight shutout with 9-0 win over Brevard
Box score GREENEVILLE, Tenn. ---

Tusculum College posted its third consecutive shutout and 11th straight win overall with a 9-0 victory over Brevard College in a South Atlantic Conference men's tennis match Sunday afternoon at the Nichols Tennis Complex.

The Pioneers (14-3, 7-1 SAC) have won 21 consecutive singles matches over their last four contests and have shut out their opponents in six of their last eight matches. The Tornados dropped to 1-15 overall and 0-8 in the SAC with the loss.

In doubles play, Lukas Winkelmann and Jonas Winkelmann won their ninth straight match and improved to 14-1 with an 8-2 victory over David Taggart and Rory Northam at flight one. David Siegle and Joseph Elphingstone claimed their fourth straight win by beating Christoph Plasa and Guilherme Prophirio 8-2 at flight two. At flight three, Nicolas Planchard and Leon Seiz won their ninth in a row and went to 10-2 this season with an 8-1 win over Nathan Sabate and George Finch.

In singles, Lukas Winkelmann went to 17-0 at flight one with a 7-5, 6-0 win over Taggart, Planchard defeated Northam 6-1, 6-0 at flight two to move to 16-1, and Jonas Winkelmann saw his record climb to 15-2 with a 6-2, 6-1 win at flight three over Sabate.

At flight four, Siegle captured his eighth win in a row by downing Plasa 6-2, 6-0, Seiz won his 11th straight match and went to 13-3 after beating Prophirio 6-3, 6-1 at flight five, and Elphingstone closed out the sweep by edging Finch 11-9 in a tiebreaker to stay perfect at 7-0 this season.

The Pioneers face off with a pair of nationally-ranked conference opponents this week, starting on Tuesday at noon against 34th-ranked Wingate at the Nichols Tennis Complex. Tusculum goes on the road on Thursday at 33rd-ranked Coker before closing out their conference schedule on Saturday at home against Queens.

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