GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Blake Thompson recorded the deciding point at No. 6 singles to lead the No. 27 Tusculum College women's tennis team to a 6-3 South Atlantic Conference win over Carson-Newman College Sunday afternoon at the Nichols Tennis Complex.

In a rematch of last year's Food Lion SAC Tournament Championship match, Tusculum captured two of the three doubles points, while recording four points in singles play, including a 6-1, 6-4 win by Thompson over Cassie Moulton to seal the TC victory.

Three of the singles matches went the distance, including the third flight as TC's Amanda Pike rallied from a set down to defeat Kylie Elliott, 5-7, 6-3, 6-1.

Tusculum (9-3, 2-0 SAC) jumped out to a 2-1 lead after doubles, including 8-4 pro set wins at the top two flights. Katelyn Doss and Caroline Crowe defeated the No. 1 pairing of Amanda Bartlett and Taryn Cappadona, while Jennifer Sparks and Pike knocked off Elizabeth Sneed and Moulton at No. 2 doubles. C-N's Emily Sorah and Elliott won 9-8 over Heidi von der Lage and Jessi Smith at the third flight.

Doss recorded Tusculum's third point with her 6-2, 6-4 win at No. 2 singles against Sneed. Bartlett rebounded from her doubles setback in defeating Sparks 6-4, 6-2 at the top flight.

The Pioneers return to action Wednesday afternoon when they host Lincoln Memorial University in a 3 p.m. league match. Carson-Newman (4-2, 2-1 SAC) will be at Catawba next Saturday at 1 p.m.

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No. 27 Tusculum 6, Carson-Newman 3
Singles
1 - Amanda Bartlett (CN) def. Jennifer Sparks 6-4, 6-2
2 - Katelyn Doss (TC) def. Elizabeth Sneed 6-2, 6-4
3 - Amanda Pike (TC) def. Kylie Elliott 5-7, 6-2, 6-1
4 - Taryn Cappadona (CN) def. Heidi von der Lage 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
5 - Caroline Crowe (TC) def. Emily Sorah 5-7, 6-3, 7-5
6 - Blake Thompson (TC) def. Cassie Moulton 6-1, 6-4

Doubles
1 - Doss/Crowe (TC) def. Bartlett/Cappadona 8-4
2 - Sparks/Pike (TC) def. Sneed/Moulton 8-4
3 - Sorah/Elliott (CN) def. von der Lage/Jessi Smith 9-8

Records: Tusculum 9-3, 2-0 SAC; Carson-Newman 4-2, 2-1 SAC