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Pioneers defeat West Liberty 8-1 to open Spring Break trip

Pioneers defeat West Liberty 8-1 to open Spring Break trip
Box score HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. ---

The Tusculum College men's tennis team cruised to an 8-1 victory over West Liberty University to open Spring Break action Monday morning. The Pioneers lost just one full set in singles to improve to 5-3 this season, while the Hilltoppers fell to 1-2.

In singles, Tony Bujana led Erik Jahreskog 6-4 after the first set when Jahreskog retired to give the Pioneers the win at flight two. Luis Zamora rolled past Ayman Barakat 6-0, 6-0 at flight three, Steven Lin defeated Alex Conway 6-3, 6-3 at flight four, Drew Kiser posted a 6-1, 6-1 win over Andrew Sickles at flight five and Sam Groeneveld earned a 6-1, 6-1 victory at flight six over Darren Fields.

West Liberty's lone point came at flight one, where Alex Fager needed a 10-point tiebreak to edge Oliver Smith 10-8 after the players split the first two sets, 6-2 and 3-6.

In doubles, the Pioneers picked up the clean sweep as Bujana and Zamora bested Fager and Jahreskog 8-3 at flight one, Lin and Smith downed Barakat and Conway 8-4 at flight two, and Kiser teamed with Gui Carvalho for an 8-2 win over Sickles and Fields at flight three.

The Pioneers continue action on Tuesday morning at 8 a.m. against Limestone.

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