Tusculum College closed out its South Atlantic Conference regular-season schedule with a 7-2 victory over Lincoln Memorial University Friday afternoon at the Nichols Tennis Complex.

The Pioneers (16-3, 8-1 SAC) won their seventh straight match and finished in sole possession of second place in the conference behind Wingate. By earning the number-two seed in next week's Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Tournament, Tusculum will receive a bye into the semifinal round which will be played Friday afternoon at the Rock Hill Tennis Center.

Tusculum swept doubles play to take a 3-0 lead against Lincoln Memorial, then won four of the six singles matches in straight sets to close out the victory.

In doubles play, the team of Kate Hutchinson and Adrienne Kaye defeated Leah Donoff and Aura Penalosa 8-1 at flight one, Taylor Patterson and Erin Mills earned their 12th straight win with an 8-4 victory over Elena Vasilyeva and Alexandra Granger at flight two, and at flight three Emily Waters and Amanda Sumner downed Jessica Baker and Summer Robinson 8-2 for their ninth consecutive victory.

In singles, Donoff gave the Railsplitters their first point of the day with a win at flight one, but Mills defeated Granger 6-2, 6-3 at flight three and Patterson downed Vasilyeva 7-6 (7-2), 7-5 at flight two to clinch the victory for the Pioneers.

Penalosa contributed the other point for the Railsplitters with a win at flight four, but Kaye beat Baker 6-0, 6-4 at flight five and Megan Buckmaster defeated Summer Robinson 6-2, 6-0 at flight six to wrap up the match.

The Pioneers will finish their regular season on Tuesday at 3 p.m. against King University in a non-conference match at the Nichols Tennis Complex.