The Tusculum College Women's tennis team clinched the second seed in next week's Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Tournament with a 6-3 victory over Brevard College Tuesday afternoon at the Nichols Tennis Complex.

The Pioneers (15-3, 7-1 SAC) claimed two points by forfeit over the five-player Tornados (3-12, 1-6 SAC), but needed singles wins from Erin Mills, Emily Waters and Megan Buckmaster to lock up the win. As the second seed, Tusculum will have a bye into the conference semifinals next Friday at Rock Hill, South Carolina.

Tusculum took a 2-1 lead out of doubles action as Mills and Taylor Patterson defeated Elise Labus and Katie Ouellette 8-2 at flight two. Wins from Brevard's Claire Dillman and Michelle Prata, both in singles and as a doubles team, helped the Tornados pull within 4-3 with two matches remaining.

With a 6-1, 6-0 win by Mills over Ouellette at flight three the difference in the match, the Pioneers turned to Waters and Buckmaster to lock up the win. Waters provided the clinching point with a 7-5, 6-2 win over Labus at flight four, and Buckmaster defeated Nirvana Silva 6-1, 6-2 at flight five in the final match of the afternoon.

The Pioneers will play their final regular-season conference match on Friday at 2 p.m. against Lincoln Memorial at the Nichols Tennis Complex.