GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Mackenzie Baker scored five goals to lead the sixth-seeded Coker College Cobras to a 12-10 upset of third-seeded Tusculum College in the quarterfinals of the 2015 South Atlantic Conference tournament on Tuesday evening. Madison Malone led the Pioneers (9-5) with three goals and an assist.

Savannah Elliott, Erin Sims, and Cheyenne Bray each had a pair of goals for TC, while SAC leading scorer Kelsey Crow was held to just one. Claudia Jenkins, Lindsay Ordemann and Danielle Holcomb each had two goals for Coker (9-7).

Tusculum jumped out to a quick 2-1 lead with back-to-back goals from Elliott and Sims. However, Coker scored four answered goals to take a 5-2 advantage with 18:25 to play in the first half. Bray broke up the Cobra scoring with her first tally of the day, but Coker responded with three-straight scores to take an 8-3 lead with 6:32 before halftime.

Crow and Elliott had back-to-back goals for TC to cut the deficit to 8-5. However, Jenkins scored the final goal of the half as the Cobras took a 9-5 lead into the break. Mackenzie Baker scored the first goal of the second half for Coker before Malone and Bray both found the back of the cage to cut the Coker lead to 10-7 with just under 16 minutes remaining.

The Pioneers and Cobras traded the next two goals from Malone and Jenkins as the score was 11-8 with 8:14 to play. Holcomb answered with a goal to give Coker its four-goal advantage back at 12-8 with just 6:39 remaining. TC tried to mount a late comeback as Malone and Sims scored in the final five minutes to cut the lead to 12-10. However, the Cobras won a late draw control and were able to run out the clock to preserve the win.

TC outshot the Cobras 30-27 but Coker goalie Kaitlyn Vela made 12 saves in the winning effort. Brooke Wagner made six saves but took the loss after surrendering 11 of the 12 goals. The Pioneers also held a 28-21 advantage in ground balls with Calyn Kelly picking up a game-high six.

Tusculum will wrap up the 2015 season next Wednesday, April 22, against the University of Virginia at Wise at 5 p.m. at Pioneer Field. Coker advances to play second-seeded Lenoir-Rhyne University in Friday's semifinal round in Charlotte, North Carolina.