MILLIGAN COLLEGE, Tenn. --- The No. 31 Tusculum College women's tennis team opened the spring portion of its schedule with a 9-0 win at Milligan College Saturday afternoon. The Pioneers improve to 4-0 on the season and will be in action on Tuesday afternoon as they travel to the University of Virginia's College at Wise.

Tusculum swept all three doubles points, including an 8-6 pro set win by the No. 1 duo of Caroline Crowe and Katelyn Doss over Caitlin Conley and Albany Kelly. TC also got a point at No. 3 doubles from the TC pairing of Kristen Keefer and Heidi von der Lage.

In singles action, the Pioneers didn't drop a set as TC got points by Jennifer Sparks, Amanda Pike, Blake Thompson, Jessi Smith, von der Lage and Doss.

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No. 31 Tusculum 9, Milligan 0
Singles
1 - Jennifer Sparks (TC) def. Caitlin Conley 6-1, 6-1
2 - Katelyn Doss (TC) def. Albany Kelly 6-2, 6-3
3 - Amanda Pike (TC) def. Sara Hopson 6-0, 6-1
4 - Heidi von der Lage (TC) def. Janie Mullins 6-0, 6-2
5 - Blake Thompson (TC) def. Heather Bell 6-3, 6-0
6 - Jessi Smith (TC) def. Laura Bowman 6-0, 6-2

Doubles
1 - Caroline Crowe/Doss (TC) def. Conley/Kelly 8-6
2 - Pike/Sparks (TC) def. Hopson/Mullins 8-3
3 - Kristen Keefer/von der Lage (TC) def. Bell/MacKenzie Pfeifer 8-3