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Tusculum closes perfect month with 6-3 win at Newberry

Tusculum closes perfect month with 6-3 win at Newberry
Box score NEWBERRY, S.C. ---

Tusculum College finished off an undefeated March with a 6-3 victory over Newberry College in South Atlantic Conference Women's tennis action Sunday afternoon at Newberry High School.

The Pioneers (14-1, 5-0 SAC) ran their winning streak to 11 straight matches by sweeping the final four singles contests after falling behind 3-2 to the Wolves (10-5, 6-2 SAC). The 11 wins in a row are the longest for the Pioneers since claiming 12 consecutive victories during the 2012 season.

Tusculum grabbed an early 2-1 lead in doubles as Erin Mills and Adrienne Kaye stayed undefeated at 12-0 with an 8-3 win at flight two over Vanessa Ortiz and Marina Ziehe. Amanda Sumner and Emily Waters also stayed perfect for the season at 13-0 as they held on for an 8-5 win over Ariel Strong and Tara Lamers at flight three. Newberry's point came at flight one from the regionally-ranked duo of Susana Aguirre and Romina Adum by a score of 8-5.

In singles, Aguirre beat Mills 6-3, 6-4 at flight one and Adum downed Sarah Baker 6-2, 6-2 at flight two for a 3-2 Wolves lead. However, Kate Hutchinson tied the score at 3-3 with a 7-5, 6-7, 6-3 triumph over Ortiz at flight three and Kealee Heffner put the Pioneers on top with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Lamers at flight four. Kaye clinched the win and improved to 15-0 with a 6-4, 6-2 triumph over Strong at flight five, and Sumner downed Ziehe 6-2, 6-2 at flight six to close out the match and stay undefeated at 8-0.

The Pioneers will return to the court on Tuesday afternoon at 1 p.m. with a SAC match at Carson-Newman.

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