YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. --- The Tusculum University women's tennis team split a pair of matches on Saturday, falling 4-3 to 15th-ranked University of North Georgia in the morning and defeating Young Harris College 7-0 in the afternoon.

The 23rd-ranked Pioneers (2-2) did not lose a set in their victory over the Mountain Lions (1-3), led by 6-0, 6-0 victories in singles from Caitlin McCullough at flight three and Paulina Loretz at flight five. McCullough also earned a 6-0 win in doubles, teaming with Annie McCullough for the shutout of Jing Dong and Juli Boerr at flight one.

Tusculum took the doubles point as Emilie Hansen and Amber Lackey teamed up for a 6-1 win at flight two over Zoe Freke and Catarina Marcko Ferreira. Hansen was also a winner in singles, defeating Ferreira 6-4, 6-1 at flight four.

In other singles competition, Annie McCullough beat Dong 6-4, 6-2 at flight one, Julia Lopez downed Boerr 6-2, 6-4 at flight two and Martina Marras earned a 6-1, 7-5 victory over Leanna Wood at flight six.

In the match with North Georgia, the Pioneers went up 1-0 in doubles as the McCulloughs beat Vaishali Jorge and Annie Adams 6-3 at flight one, and Hansen and Lackey downed Johanna Lippert and Cibeles Zuddy 6-3 at flight two.

The Pioneers went ahead 3-1 in the match as Caitlin McCullough defeated Adams 6-3, 7-5 at flight three and Annie McCullough won 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 over Jorge at flight one. However, the Nighthawks (2-0) won the last three singles matches to rally for the victory.

Tusculum will play an exhibition match at Western Carolina on Wednesday at 2 p.m. before opening its South Atlantic Conference schedule at Anderson on Saturday, Feb. 27 at 2 p.m.