GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- The Tusculum University men's tennis team earned its fifth straight victory with a 7-0 win over UVA Wise on Sunday at the Nichols Tennis Complex.
The 35th-ranked Pioneers (10-4, 6-0 SAC) won the doubles point and captured all three contested singles matches against the Cavaliers (9-7, 0-7 SAC).
In doubles, Nemanja Subanovic and Frank Bonacia defeated Miguel De Rueda and Pierre Djaroueh 6-3 at flight one, and Rhodri Atkinson teamed with Marco Jalalian for a 6-4 win over Gustavo Maragoni and Fabian Segreda at flight two. The flight three match was not contested.
With just four players active, UVA Wise had to forfeit flights five and six to give Tusculum a 3-0 lead. Djaroueh then withdrew at flight two against Kenta Kondou to clinch the win for the Pioneers.
In the three matches that were played, Atkinson defeated De Rueda 6-4, 6-1 at flight one, Ivan Ivars beat Maragoni 6-3, 6-2 at flight three and Nathan Matsuguma claimed an 8-1 win over Segreda at flight four.
The Pioneers will close March with a trip to Lenoir-Rhyne on Friday, March 31 at 2 p.m. The Bears snapped a four-match losing streak and improved to 3-3 in the SAC with a 5-2 win at Newberry on Thursday.
