GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- The Tusculum College women's tennis team won its six straight match as the Pioneers posted a 9-0 South Atlantic Conference victory over Catawba College Saturday at the Nichols Tennis Complex.

Tusculum (12-1, 3-0 SAC) swept the three doubles matches, including and 8-2 win at the third flight by Blake Thompson and Katie Hills over Jennifer Dameron and Maggie McKee.

TC made it a clean sweep in singles play, including three-set wins by Taylor Patterson and Thompson. Patterson rallied from a frame down to defeat Catawba's Steffi Cook, 4-6, 6-1, (10-7). Thompson held off McKee at No. 5 singles, 7-5, 4-6, 10-4.

Tusculum's Katelyn Doss, Courtney Conley, Caroline Crowe and Megan Buckmaster each recorded singles wins for the Pioneers. Catawba falls to 9-12 overall and 2-4 in the conference.

Tusculum is back in action on Wednesday as they take on arch-rival Carson-Newman College for a 2 p.m. match in Jefferson City, Tenn. It will be a rematch of last year's NCAA Division II Tournament showdown.

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South Atlantic Conference Women's Tennis
Tusculum 9, Catawba 0
Singles
1 - Katelyn Doss (TC) def. Kasia Zielinski 6-3, 6-1
2 - Courtney Conley (TC) def. Vanessa Silva 6-1, 6-1
3 - Taylor Patterson (TC) def. Steffi Cook 4-6, 6-1, 10-7
4 - Caroline Crowe (TC) def. Candace Hall 6-2, 6-0
5 - Blake Thompson (TC) def. Maggie McKee 7-5, 4-6, 10-4
6 - Megan Buckmaster (TC) def. Jennifer Dameron 7-6, 6-4

Doubles
1 - Doss/Crowe (TC) def. Zielinski/Silva 8-3
2 - Conley/Patterson (TC) def. Cook/Hall 8-2
3 - Thompson/Katie Hills (TC) def. Dameron/McKee 8-2