For the second time this season, Tusculum College freshman Erin Mills has been honored as the South Atlantic Conference Player of the Week in Women's tennis, the league office announced Monday.

The Duluth, Ga. native went 2-0 in both singles and doubles as the Pioneers defeated Carson-Newman and Newberry by identical 7-2 scores over the weekend, moving Tusculum into second place in the league standings with two matches remaining.

In singles, Mills played flight three for the Pioneers and defeated Carson-Newman's Haleigh Chastain 6-1, 6-1 and Newberry's Ariel Strong 6-2, 6-4 to improve her season record to 12-4.

In doubles play, Mills teamed with Taylor Patterson at flight two to extend their winning streak to 11 consecutive contests. They defeated the Eagles' team of Chastain and Jennifer Ott by an 8-5 score and blanked the Wolves' duo of Strong and Tara Lamers 8-0. The pairing of Mills and Patterson is 12-2 for the Pioneers this season.

Tusculum (14-3, 6-1 SAC) wraps up league play this week with home matches against Brevard on Tuesday at 3 p.m. and Lincoln Memorial on Friday at 2 p.m.