GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Tusculum University remains atop the South Atlantic Conference men's tennis standings after the 43rd-ranked Pioneers shut out Lincoln Memorial University 7-0 Tuesday afternoon at the Nichols Tennis Complex.

The Pioneers (8-4, 4-0 SAC) maintain a share of first place with Wingate after earning their second straight shutout, third straight victory and fifth in the last six matches. Tusculum lost just one set in singles and collected the doubles point for the win over the Railsplitters (9-7, 2-3 SAC).

In doubles play, Tusculum won the first two matches to take the team point as Kenta Kondou and Nathan Matsuguma beat Thom Hermans and Nic Goslar 6-3 at flight one, followed by a 6-4 win from Nemanja Subanovic and Frank Bonacia at flight one over Alexandru Giurea and William Jonsson.

In singles, Subanovic picked up a 6-1, 6-0 win over Hermans at flight two and Ivan Ivars beat Jonsson 6-2, 6-0 at flight four to stretch Tusculum's lead to 3-0. Rhodri Atkinson, ranked 57th in Division II in singles, earned the clinching point with a 6-1, 6-3 victory at flight one over Giurea.

Tusculum closed the match with three more singles wins, as Will Gee came back for a 6-7 (2-7), 6-1, 6-1 win over Franco Battaglino at flight six, Kondou downed Harper Mills 6-3, 6-4 at flight three and Matsuguma took an 8-6 victory at flight five over Sergio Aranzeta.

The Pioneers will be on the road to face Limestone on Friday, March 24 at 2 p.m. The Saints will bring a 5-4 overall record and a 3-1 conference mark into its match at Coker on Wednesday.