GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- The Tusculum University men's tennis team earned a 7-0 victory over Coker University in South Atlantic Conference action Monday afternoon at the Nichols Tennis Complex.
The Pioneers (8-2, 4-1 SAC) earned three straight-set wins in singles after sweeping doubles from the Cobras (2-8, 1-5 SAC) in their first home match since Feb. 10.
Tusculum received doubles wins from Nemanja Subanovic and Frank Bonacia, who beat Justus Lehmann and Sean Keane 6-2 at flight one, along with Manuel Guedes de Almeida and Kenta Kondou who beat Luis de Vuyst and Isaac MacMillan 6-4 at flight three. At flight two, Dmitry Bezborodov and Leon Huck needed a tiebreaker to beat Carlos Pinedo and Thibaut Decaluwe by a 7-6 (7-5) score.
In singles, Bezborodov defeated Lehmann 6-3, 6-2 at flight one, Bonacia downed MacMillan 6-1, 6-2 at flight three and Almeida delivered the clinching point with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 win at flight five over Decaluwe. At flight two, Subanovic won 6-2, 6-3 over Pinedo while Huck came back for a 5-7, 6-2, (10-4 tiebreaker) win over Kean at flight four. Kondou closed the match with an 8-1 victory in a pro set over de Vuyst.
Tusculum will host Newberry on Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Nichols Tennis Complex. The Wolves are 1-9 overall and 1-6 in SAC action with four consecutive losses.
