The Tusculum College men's tennis team won three singles tiebreakers in a 5-4 victory over 32nd-ranked Wingate University in a South Atlantic Conference match Friday afternoon, snapping the Bulldogs' streak of consecutive conference victories at 30.

Lukas Winkelmann, Nicolas Planchard and Paul Wiederspahn all won in a tiebreaker for the Pioneers (7-4, 1-1 SAC), who came back from a 2-1 doubles deficit to hand the Bulldogs (11-7, 5-1 SAC) their first conference loss since 2010 and just their second loss in their last 54 league matches. The Bulldogs had gone 9-0 in league play in each of the last two years and are the defending Food Lion SAC Tournament champions.

Trailing 2-1 through doubles play, the Pioneers knotted the match at 2-2 as Jonas Winkelmann posted a 6-3, 6-3 win over Neal Towlson at flight three. Wiederspahn gave the Pioneers a 3-2 lead as he edged Roberto Hennis 10-6 in a tiebreaker at flight four after splitting the first two sets 6-1, 4-6.

Lukas Winkelmann brought the Pioneers to the edge of victory as he downed 30th-ranked Kennedy Cancelado 10-8 in a flight-one tiebreaker following a 6-3, 4-6 battle in regulation. At flight two, Planchard trailed Sebastian Hall 6-3 after the first set but won the second set 6-2 to force a tiebreaker. Planchard then closed out the upset with a 10-7 win in the tiebreaker. Ryan Forbes and Josh Eardley earned wins at flights five and six for the Bulldogs to cut the final margin to 5-4.

In doubles play, Wingate saw Hall and Eardley post an 8-2 win at flight three, but Lukas Winkelmann and Planchard evened the match with an 8-6 win over Towlson and Hennis at flight one. Cancelado and Forbes tipped the advantage toward the Bulldogs by winning at flight two 8-6 as the teams headed to singles.

The Pioneers will have a quick turnaround as they are scheduled to play at Catawba Saturday morning at 11 a.m.