The Tusculum College Women's tennis team picked up its third straight victory with an 8-1 win over 19th-ranked Milligan College Tuesday afternoon at the Nichols Tennis Complex.

The Pioneers (6-1) swept doubles and won five of the six singles matches against the Buffaloes (2-2), with all five singles wins coming in straight sets.

Tusculum opened doubles play with three wins, as Kate Hutchinson and Kealee Heffner beat Rachel Hodas and Kayla Kelly 8-2 at flight one, Adrienne Kaye and Erin Mills defeated Sarah Rainwater and Caroline Morelli 8-5 at flight two, and Emily Waters and Amanda Sumner teamed for an 8-4 victory at flight three over Ahmee Kelly and Celeste Carpenter.

In singles, Mills beat Rainwater 6-2, 6-2 at flight two and Hutchinson defeated Carpenter 6-3, 6-3 to provide the winning margin for the Pioneers. Tusculum rounded out singles play with three victories by identical 6-0, 6-0 scores, with Heffner beating Ahmee Kelly at flight four, Kaye downing Heather Espeland at flight five and Sumner besting Martha Wells at flight six. Hodas provided the lone point for the Buffaloes with a tiebreaker win at flight one.

The Pioneers begin a stretch of five straight matches on the road when they travel to Lincoln Memorial on Saturday for a SAC contest beginning at 12 noon.