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43rd-ranked Pioneers claim 7-0 sweep of Coker

43rd-ranked Pioneers claim 7-0 sweep of Coker

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Tusculum University did not drop a set and defeated Coker University 7-0 in South Atlantic Conference men's tennis action Saturday afternoon at the Nichols Tennis Complex.

The 43rd-ranked Pioneers (7-4, 3-0 SAC) swept doubles from the Cobras (1-8, 0-4 SAC) and followed up with a sweep of singles for their fourth win in the last five matches.

In doubles, Kenta Kondou and Nathan Matsuguma defeated Torben Brinkmann and Bernardo Peralta 6-0 at flight three, and Rhodri Atkinson teamed with Will Gee for a 7-5 victory at flight two over Andy Huynh and Tom Lamers to clinch the doubles point. At flight one, Nemanja Subanovic and Marco Jalalian needed a tiebreaker to claim a 7-6 (7-5) win over Thibaut Decaluwe and Samuel Winter.

The Pioneers went up 2-0 in singles as Atkinson, ranked 57th this week in Division II, defeated Decaluwe 6-1, 6-0 at flight one. At flight five, Matsuguma beat Peralta 6-2, 6-2 and Kondou clinched the victory with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Lamers at flight three.

In the second half of singles, Subanovic was a 6-0, 6-1 winner over Huynh at flight two and Gee beat Oskar Bjuroe 8-0 at flight six. Ivan Ivars closed out the win with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Brinkmann at flight four.

Tusculum will be home to face Lincoln Memorial on Tuesday, March 21 at 1 p.m. The Railsplitters lost 7-0 to 29th-ranked Wingate on Saturday to fall to 9-6 overall and 2-2 in SAC play.

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