WINGATE, N.C. --- Wingate University defeated Tusculum University 7-0 in South Atlantic Conference women's tennis action Saturday afternoon at the WU Tennis Complex.
The 13th-ranked Bulldogs (3-1, 1-0 SAC) won two of the three doubles matches from the Pioneers (6-3, 2-2 SAC) then won in straight sets in four of the six singles contests to earn the victory.
Wingate clinched the doubles point by winning at flights one and three, but Tusculum earned a win at flight two as Leonie Floeth and Paulina Loretz defeated Alex Lopez and Flaminia Guidantoni by a 6-3 score.
In singles action, the Bulldogs clinched with wins in the first three completed matches. Floeth took Chloe Kosmrlj to a tiebreaker at flight two before falling 6-7, 7-6 (13-11), while Tabitha Howe fell in a tiebreak to 20th-ranked Elena Gunfaus at flight three by a 4-6, 6-2, (10-4) score.
The Pioneers will host Bethel (Tennessee) in a non-conference match on Monday at 1 p.m. at the Nichols Tennis Complex.