Continued strong doubles play helped boost Tusculum College to a 7-2 win over Carson-Newman in a South Atlantic Conference Women's tennis match at the Nichols Tennis Complex Saturday afternoon.

The Pioneers (13-3, 5-1 SAC) won for the seventh time in eight matches by winning two out of three doubles matches and taking five out of six in singles against the Eagles (7-9, 1-5 SAC).

In doubles, Erin Mills and Taylor Patterson recorded their 10th straight victory and improved to 11-2 with an 8-5 win over Haleigh Chastain and Jennifer Ott at flight two. At flight three, Emily Waters and Amanda Sumner posted their eighth straight win with a 9-7 win over Brooke Sanderson and Megan Wilson.

Leading 2-1 entering singles, the Pioneers extended their lead to 4-2 as Patterson defeated Patricia Guerreiro 6-2, 6-1 at flight two and Mills beat Chastain 6-1, 6-1 at flight three. Tusculum finished off the match with Waters winning 6-1, 6-2 over Ott at flight four and Adrienne Kaye defeating Sanderson 6-1, 6-1, (10-4) at flight five. Megan Buckmaster won by default at flight six over the Eagles' Tiffany Delias.

Tusculum will face Newberry on Sunday at 1 p.m. in a conference match from the Nichols Tennis Complex.