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Pioneers earn 7-0 road sweep of Lincoln Memorial

Pioneers earn 7-0 road sweep of Lincoln Memorial

HARROGATE, Tenn. --- Tusculum University did not drop a set in a 7-0 victory at Lincoln Memorial University in South Atlantic Conference men's tennis action Saturday afternoon.

The Pioneers (5-1, 2-0 SAC) earned their fourth straight victory by sweeping doubles from the Railsplitters (0-4, 0-3 SAC), then winning all six singles matches. Tusculum has five consecutive wins away from home, including a 4-3 exhibition win over Division I UNC Asheville on Feb. 25.

In doubles, Nemanja Subanovic and Leon Huck defeated Iker Moure and Sebastian Colla 6-4 at flight one, Dmitry Bezborodov and Frank Bonacia teamed up to defeat Jake Tuchmann and Thom Hermans 6-4 at flight two, and Kenta Kondou and Manuel Guedes de Almeida partnered for a 6-2 win at flight three over Luca Pavan and Fabian Sjokvist.

In singles play, Subanovic beat Sjokvist 6-3, 6-0 at flight two and Kondou downed Pavan 6-2, 6-1 at flight six for a 3-0 Tusculum lead. Huck earned the clinching point as he outlasted Tuchmann in a pair of tiebreakers, 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-0).

Closing out the win were Bezoborodov, who beat Moure 6-1, 7-6 (7-1) at flight one, Bonacia who beat Colla 6-4, 6-4 at flight three and Almeida who was an 8-4 pro set winner over Hermans at flight five.

Tusculum will play the last of seven consecutive road matches on Tuesday at 3 p.m. with a non-conference meeting at Belmont Abbey.

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