Anderson University advanced to the Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Women's Tennis Championship match with a 5-1 victory over Tusculum College in semifinal action Friday morning at the Rock Hill Tennis Center.

The second-seeded Trojans (12-8) will face top-seeded Wingate in the championship match Saturday morning, after the Bulldogs defeated Brevard 5-1 in Friday's other semifinal contest.

Anderson jumped to a 3-0 lead in doubles and won two of the first three singles matches to clinch the win over third-seeded Tusculum, which finishes its season with a 17-4 record.

In doubles play, the Trojans' Shelby Anderson and Camie Brunet defeated Holly Verner and Katelyn Doss 8-5 at flight one, Clair Larkin and Lindsay Gregory teamed for an 8-6 victory at flight two over Courtney Conley and Taylor Patterson, and at flight three Anderson's Avery Owens and Bianca Chequin posted an 8-4 triumph over Kate Hutchinson and Megan Buckmaster.

Owens defeated Conley 6-1, 6-1 at flight three of singles to extend the Trojans lead to 4-0, but Verner kept the Pioneers alive with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Brunet at flight one.

With Tusculum winning the other three matches in progress, Larkin was able to get the decisive fifth point at flight two with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Doss.