GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Wingate University rallied after being swept in doubles for a 5-2 victory over Tusculum University in South Atlantic Conference women's tennis action Friday afternoon at the Nichols Tennis Complex.

The Pioneers (8-4, 5-2 SAC) earned the team point with three wins in doubles, but the 15th-ranked Bulldogs (9-1, 7-0 SAC) took five of the six singles matches to earn the victory and remain undefeated atop the SAC standings.

In doubles, Emilie Hansen and Amber Lackey started play with a 6-4 win over Camilla Ciaccia and Jessica Ruetten at flight two. Julia Lopez and Paulina Loretz clinched the doubles point with a 6-2 win over Georgina Wood and Flaminia Guidantoni 6-2 at flight three, and Annie McCullough teamed with Caitlin McCullough to give the Pioneers the sweep with a 6-3 win at flight one over Elena Bompieri and Elena Gunfaus.

Tusculum's lead expanded to 2-0 as Caitlin McCullough recorded a 6-1, 6-0 win over Wood at flight four, but from there it was all Wingate. Ciaccia defeated Lopez 6-3, 6-0 at flight two and Riann Hsu beat Rory Church 6-2, 6-1 at flight six to tie the match at 2-2, and Gunfaus downed Hansen 6-3, 6-1 to push the Bulldogs ahead 3-2.

Guidantoni delivered the clinching point as she defeated Loretz 6-1, 7-6 (7-2) at flight five, and Bompieri closed out the contest by defeating Annie McCullough 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 at flight one.

Tusculum was scheduled to travel to Catawba on Saturday, but the match was postponed due to the weather forecast. The Pioneers' next match will be Wednesday, March 31 at the Nichols Tennis Complex against Carson-Newman, starting at 2 p.m.