SUMTER, S.C. --- Tusculum University defeated Lincoln Memorial University 4-0 in the quarterfinals of the South Atlantic Conference Men's Tennis Championship tournament Thursday afternoon at the Palmetto Tennis Center.

The third-seeded Pioneers (15-3) advanced to face second-seeded Queens University of Charlotte in the semifinal round on Friday at noon after winning the doubles point, followed by the first three results in singles to earn the sweep of the sixth-seeded Railsplitters (7-10).

In doubles, the tandem of Dmitry Bezborodov and Leon Huck defeated Fabian Sjokvist and Sebastian Colla 6-1 at flight two, and Manuel Guedes de Almeida teamed with Jacco Mensinga for a 6-2 win at flight three over Luca Pavan and Thomas Turner.

In singles, the Pioneers quickly took a 3-0 lead as Nemanja Subanovic beat Sjokvist 6-3, 6-0 at flight two and Vadzim Raitsou won 6-2, 6-0 over Pavan at flight six. Bezborodov then delivered the clincher with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Iker Moure at flight one.

Tusculum will attempt to avenge a 4-3 loss at Queens in their regular-season meeting on March 20. Friday's quarterfinal matchup will be the first-ever SAC Championship tournament match between the Pioneers and Royals (14-3), who defeated Carson-Newman 4-0 in a quarterfinal matchup on Thursday.

The winner of Friday's match between Tusculum and Queens will face the winner of the other semifinal between top-seeded Wingate and fifth-seeded Anderson for the SAC championship on Saturday.