The Tusculum College men's tennis team won its sixth straight match with a 7-1 victory at Mars Hill College in South Atlantic Conference action Friday afternoon.

The Pioneers (9-4, 3-1 SAC) swept all five completed singles matches from the Lions (2-7, 1-3 SAC) in their final road match of the season. Tusculum plays its final five conference matches at home at the Nichols Tennis Complex, where it has not competed since Feb. 23 against Anderson.

Tusculum opened the match by winning two of the three doubles pro sets. At flight two, John Taylor teamed with Jonas Winkelmann for an 8-5 victory over Michael Melvill and Joel Sturgis, while Joseph Elphingstone and Paul Wiederspahn earned an 8-5 win at flight three against Zach High and Sam Lee.

In singles play, the Winkelmann brothers extended the Pioneer lead to 4-1 as Lukas defeated Lucas Simm 6-2, 6-1 at flight one and Jonas downed Melvill 6-1, 6-2 at flight three. Nicolas Planchard provided the decisive point with a 6-4, 7-6 win at flight two over Euquerio Guerrero.

Wiederspahn captured a 6-0, 6-1 win over High at flight four and Taylor defeated Lee 6-3, 6-3 at flight five. The final match of the day, at flight six between the Pioneers' Daniel Gianopulos and the Lions' Sturgis, was stopped due to rain in the first set with Gianopulos ahead 3-1.

The Pioneers host Lenoir-Rhyne on Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Nichols Tennis Complex.