BLUEFIELD, W.Va. --- Tusculum University pulled out a 4-3 victory over Bluefield State College in non-conference men's tennis action Monday afternoon.
The Pioneers (11-3) dropped the doubles point to the Big Blues (7-6), but came back to win four of the six singles matches to claim in the win.
Bluefield State won two of the three doubles sets against Tusculum, earning both victories in tiebreakers. The Pioneers' lone win came at flight two, where Dmitry Bezborodov and Leon Huck beat Tom Schmieta and Luke Busse by a 6-4 score.
In singles, Bezborodov defeated Frederik Bau-Madsen 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 at flight one and Nemanja Subanovic won at flight two as Mohamed Khalil retired after falling behind 6-4, 1-0. Huck captured a 6-1, 6-2 win at flight four over Busse, and Michael Younan delivered the clincher with a 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-3) win at flight six over Daniel Shasteen.
The Pioneers will play three matches in three days to close the week and the regular season, starting Wednesday against Limestone at 10 a.m. at the Nichols Tennis Complex.
