WINGATE, N.C. --- Wingate University earned a 5-2 victory over Tusculum University in South Atlantic Conference men's tennis action at the WU Tennis Complex Saturday afternoon.
The 24th-ranked Bulldogs (3-1, 1-0 SAC) swept doubles from the Pioneers to earn the team point, then won four of the first five doubles results to clinch the match against the Pioneers (5-4, 3-1 SAC), who had won their first three conference contests.
After being shut out in doubles play, the Pioneers earned a singles point at flight two in a matchup of nationally-ranked players, as 32nd-ranked Frank Bonacia defeated 20th-ranked Luka Brown 6-2, 6-2. A three-set win by Wingate at flight four clinched the match for the Bulldogs, and the Pioneers claimed a second point at flight three as Kenta Kondou defeated Jonas Grasmueck 3-6, 6-3, (10-1).
The Pioneers will be home on Monday to face Bethel (Tennessee) in a non-conference match beginning at 1 p.m. at the Nichols Tennis Complex.
