A doubles sweep helped propel the Tusculum College men's tennis team to an 8-1 victory at Catawba College in South Atlantic Conference action Saturday afternoon.

Playing less than 24 hours after a 5-4 upset of 32nd-ranked Wingate on Friday, the Pioneers (8-4 overall, 2-1 SAC) were able to dispatch the Indians (11-9 overall, 2-4 SAC) for their fifth straight victory.

Tusculum took a 3-0 lead in doubles play as Lukas Winkelmann and Nicolas Planchard posted an 8-1 win over Alex Macdonald and Matthew Nicholson at flight one, Jonas Winkelmann and John Taylor beat Jack Mordey and Mitchell McDonald 8-5 at flight two, and Paul Wiederspahn and Joseph Elphingstone came away with an 8-1 win at flight three over Jess Goodall and Aaron Vanhorenbeck.

The Pioneers clinched the match in the first half of singles play, as Lukas Winkelmann beat Macdonald 6-2, 6-0 at flight one and Planchard beat Goodall 6-2, 6-3 at flight two for the decisive fifth point.

Jonas Winkelmann needed a tiebreaker to defeat Nicholson 10-7 after splitting the first two sets 6-3 and 3-6 at flight three, Wiederspahn downed McDonald 6-4, 6-0 at flight four and Danny Gianopulos beat Vanhorenbeck 6-1, 6-1 at flight six.

The lone point for the Indians came from Mordey, who needed a tiebreaker to win his match at flight five singles.

The Pioneers are scheduled to host North Greenville on Monday at 4 p.m. in a match postponed from Feb. 16.