Tusculum College claimed its eighth consecutive victory with an 8-1 win over Carson-Newman in South Atlantic Conference men's tennis action Saturday afternoon at the Nichols Tennis Complex.

The Pioneers (11-4, 5-1 SAC) posted a sweep of doubles play and won all four singles matches that were played to completion against the Eagles (5-10, 1-5 SAC). With the win, the Pioneers climbed into a three-way tie in the loss column atop the SAC standings with Anderson (8-1) and Lincoln Memorial (5-1) with three conference matches remaining.

In doubles, Lukas Winkelmann and Nicolas Planchard defeated Juan Sebastian Perez and Austin Mackay 8-5 at flight one, Jonas Winkelmann teamed with John Taylor for an 8-6 win at flight two over Paul Birdsong and Derek Holdway, and at flight three Paul Wiederspahn and Joseph Elphingstone downed Jonathan Allen and Dalton Moore 8-4.

In singles play, Planchard won at flight two as Birdsong retired trailing 1-4 in the first set. Lukas Winkelmann then clinched the match with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Perez at flight one, and Jonas Winkelmann claimed a 6-4, 6-4 win over Holdway at flight three.

Wiederspahn won at flight four by a 6-4, 6-4 win over Mackay, and Daniel Gianopulos was a 6-4, 6-1 winner at flight six over Moore. Allen gave the Eagles their only point as he won the first set against Taylor, who subsequently retired from the match.

The Pioneers put their winning streak on the line on Sunday at 1 p.m. against Newberry at the Nichols Tennis Complex.