The Tusculum College Women's tennis team opened its Spring Break trip to South Carolina with a 6-3 loss to UNC Pembroke Monday morning. The Pioneers (5-3) won two singles matches and captured a doubles pro-set against the Braves (3-5).

In singles, Megan Buckmaster went to a 10-point tiebreaker with Hannah Herlocker at flight three and came away with a 4-6, 6-1, (10-5) victory, while at flight four Kristen Keefer took a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Maricel Quintero.

UNC Pembroke won in straight sets in each of the other four flights, as Jenna McGary won 6-0, 6-2 at flight one over Courtney Conley, Mia Winterbottom downed Taylor Patterson 6-4, 7-5 at flight two, Madeline DiNunzio doubled up Blake Thompson 6-3, 6-3 and Christian Minnick posted a 6-3, 7-6 victory over Katie Hillis at flight six.

In doubles, Thompson and Buckmaster gave the Pioneers their lone point with a 9-7 win at flight three over Quintero and Minnick. McGary and Herlocker teamed for an 8-4 win over Patterson and Conley at flight one, and Winterbottom and DiNunzio held on for an 8-6 win at flight two over Hillis and Keefer.

The Pioneers are back on the court Tuesday morning at 8 a.m. against Limestone.