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Anderson rallies for 5-2 win over Tusculum in SAC semifinals

Anderson rallies for 5-2 win over Tusculum in SAC semifinals
Box score ROCK HILL, S.C. ---

Anderson University won four singles matches from Tusculum College following resumption of their Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Women's Tennis Tournament semifinal match to earn a 5-2 victory Saturday morning at the Rock Hill Tennis Center.

The third-seeded Trojans (13-5) advanced to Saturday afternoon's championship match against top-seeded Wingate, while the Pioneers fell to 16-4 with the loss.

Tusculum took a 2-1 lead in doubles on Friday afternoon before rain brought action to a halt. When play resumed Saturday morning, Anderson claimed victories in all four completed singles matches to claim the win.

Prior to the suspension, Tusculum led 2-1 as Kate Hutchinson and Adrienne Kaye defeated Karen Ching and Avery Owens 8-1 at flight one, and Emily Waters and Amanda Sumner downed Alexandra Ebner and Marcela Gallegos 8-6 at flight three. The Trojans got a point back at flight two as Lindsay Gregory and Camie Beaulieu-Brune needed a tiebreaker to defeat Taylor Patterson and Erin Mills, 9-8.

On Saturday, Gregory tied the match with a 6-0, 6-2 win at flight five over Kaye, then Owens pushed the Trojans on top 3-2 by defeating Hutchinson 6-2, 7-5 at flight one.

Ching brought the Trojans within one point of victory by defeating Patterson at flight two 7-5, 6-1, then Beaulieu-Brune clinched the win by rallying for a 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 win over Mills at flight three.

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