The Tusculum College Women's tennis team defeated Lenoir-Rhyne University 9-0 in a South Atlantic Conference match Saturday afternoon at the Nichols Tennis Complex.

The Pioneers (12-3, 4-1 SAC) lost a total of 12 games in singles against the Bears (0-10, 0-8 SAC) en route to their sixth win in seven matches.

Tusculum jumped to a 3-0 lead in doubles as Kate Hutchinson teamed with Adrienne Kaye for an 8-1 win over Kelsey Love and Ivey Tant at flight one, Taylor Patterson and Erin Mills defeated Amanda Bryan and Meaghan Liner 8-0 at flight two, and at flight three Emily Waters and Amanda Sumner improved their season record to 10-2 as they downed Lacey Lapp and Maggie Brown 8-2.

In singles, Hutchinson defeated Love 6-0, 6-1 at flight one and Patterson clinched the match with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Tant at flight two. Mills was a 6-2, 6-3 winner over Lapp at flight three and Waters defeated Brown 6-3, 6-2 at flight four. Rounding out singles action, Kaye was victorious over Bryan 6-0, 6-0 at flight five and Megan Buckmaster won 6-1, 6-0 at flight six over Liner.

The Pioneers will host Lincoln Memorial on Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Nichols Tennis Complex to open a stretch of four league matches in six days.