The Tusculum College Women's tennis team picked up a South Atlantic Conference victory on Saturday with a 6-3 win at Catawba College.

The Pioneers (10-3 overall, 2-1 SAC) bounced back from a tough 5-4 loss to nationally-ranked Wingate on Friday by winning four singles matches and two doubles contests against the Indians (12-7 overall, 2-4 SAC).

Tusculum grabbed a 2-1 lead by winning a pair of doubles matches. At flight two, Taylor Patterson and Erin Mills defeated Ally Prior and Lauren Sledd 8-4, and at flight three Amanda Sumner and Emily Waters teamed for an 8-4 victory over Andrea Bell and Rachel Rudisill. Catawba's point came from the number-one duo of Liz Renteria and Sloan Kessler by an 8-2 score.

In singles play, the Pioneers jumped to a 4-2 lead behind wins from Patterson at flight two by a 6-1, 6-1 score over Kessler and Mills at flight three over Sledd, 7-5, 6-4. Renteria accounted for the second Indians point with a 7-5, 6-1 victory at flight one.

Tusculum clinched the match at flight five as Adrienne Kaye picked up a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Olivia Myers. Megan Buckmaster also claimed a singles win with a 6-1, 6-0 triumph over Bell at flight six. Prior won in a tiebreaker at flight four for the final point of the match for the Indians.

The Pioneers will return home on Monday at 4 p.m. against North Greenville, in a match that was originally scheduled for Feb. 16 but postponed due to wintry conditions.