GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- The Tusculum College men's tennis team has earned the second seed in this weekend's South Atlantic Conference Tournament and will begin play on Friday morning in the semifinal round.

TC won its fifth conference championship in school history and shared the award with Wingate University. The Bulldogs are the top seed by virtue of their win against the Pioneers earlier this season, and both teams earned byes into the semifinal round.

The Tournament is being hosted by Brevard College. The quarterfinal round will be played on Thursday with third-seeded Anderson taking on sixth-seeded Lincoln Memorial and fourth-seeded Queens facing fifth-seeded Newberry. Both matches will begin at 9 a.m.

The Pioneers will face the winner of the Anderson/LMU matchup while the Bulldogs will play either Queens or Newberry at 9 a.m. on Friday. The winners of each semifinal match will face off in the finals on Saturday at 9 a.m.

TC comes into the tournament with a 17-1 overall record and is ranked 43rd in the latest ITA national rankings. Lukas Winkelmann has anchored the top of the Pioneer lineup with a perfect 17-0 singles mark, and is also undefeated in doubles play with his brother Jonas Winkelmann.

Lukas Winkelmann, ranked 10th in the latest ITA national singles rankings, is riding a 50-match winning streak in regular season singles play. He has also been named SAC Player of the Week twice this season.

Nic Planchard and Jonas Winkelmann both own identical 14-4 singles records this season playing primarily in the second and third flights. Leon Seiz is 15-3 playing primarily in the fourth spot and Tashique Kader owns a 15-2 mark at number five. Toby De Klerk has played primarily in the sixth position and owns an 8-3 mark, while David Siegle is 4-2 in that spot.

Kader and Seiz are 13-3 on the doubles side playing primarily in the second flight, while de Klerk and Planchard own a 4-1 mark in the third spot. Joseph Elphingstone and Siegle have also partnered together in the third spot and they own a 3-1 record. Overall TC is 45-9 in doubles play this season and 89-19 in singles action.

The Pioneers own wins this season over both their potential semifinal opponents. They topped Anderson 6-3 and Newberry 7-2 at the Nichols Tennis Complex.

Fans can follow along with all the action from this weekend's tournament with live scoring in the championship central page at TheSAC.com.