GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- The Tusculum University men's tennis team earned its third consecutive victory with a 6-1 win over Limestone University in South Atlantic Conference action Wednesday at the Nichols Tennis Complex.
The Pioneers (12-3, 7-2 SAC) swept doubles and won five of six singles matches from the Saints (6-8, 5-7 SAC) to retain fourth place in the conference standings with two matches remaining.
In doubles play, Nemanja Subanovic and Frank Bonacia defeated Luis Zamorano and Emilio Samhan 6-1 at flight two, Dmitry Bezborodov and Leon Huck teamed for a 6-4 win over Jorjay Paladines and Lucas Rodriguez at flight two, and Manuel Guedes de Almeida and Jacco Mensinga earned a 6-1 win at flight three over Wes Koehler and Christian Rogerson.
The Pioneers clinched the match in the first half of singles, as Subanovic beat Samhan 6-1, 6-3 at flight two, Huck defeated Paladines 6-1, 6-0 at flight four, and Vadzim Raistou shut out Rogerson 6-0, 6-0 at flight six.
At flight one, Bezborodov was a 6-2, 6-0 winner over Zamorano, and Bonacia defeated Koehler 8-1 at flight three. The Saints claimed their only win at flight five as Rodriguez defeated Michael Younan 8-6.
The Pioneers will host Carson-Newman on Thursday in a match that will start at 11 a.m., three hours earlier than originally scheduled due to the threat of rain. Tusculum's final regular-season match at Lenoir-Rhyne has been pushed back to Sunday, April 11 at 2 p.m.
