GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Limestone University defeated Tusculum University 5-2 in South Atlantic Conference women's tennis action Wednesday at the Nichols Tennis Complex.
The Saints (11-6, 7-5 SAC) won four of the six singles matches after taking the doubles point from the shorthanded Pioneers (10-5, 7-3 SAC).
In doubles, Tusculum earned its lone win at flight two as Emilie Hansen and Rory Church beat Alexandra Dolfi and Sara Valentini 6-1 at flight two. However, the Saints won at flights one and three to earn the team point.
In singles, the Pioneers fell behind 3-1, with Valentina Loretz getting Tusculum on the board with a 6-4, 6-0 win over Felicitas Picinini at flight six. Julia Lopez secured the other point for the Pioneers by beating Dolfi 6-2, 7-5 at flight one.
The Pioneers will host Carson-Newman on Thursday, with a start time that has been moved up to 11 a.m. at the Nichols Tennis Complex. Tusculum will close its regular season at Lenoir-Rhyne in a match rescheduled for Sunday, April 11 at 2 p.m.
