SUMTER, S.C. --- Newberry College advanced to the South Atlantic Conference Women's Tennis tournament semifinals with a 4-0 victory over Tusculum University Thursday evening at the Palmetto Tennis Center.

The 17th-ranked Wolves (22-3) advance to play Queens in the semifinals on Friday at 1 p.m. after claiming their second win of the season over the 41st-ranked Pioneers (13-7).

Newberry won two of the three doubles sets to take a 1-0 lead in the match, as Nastassia Chamoun and Zulay Castaneda beat Elodie Baechler and Tabitha Howe 6-3 at flight one and Rosie Harfield teamed with Amy Griffiths for a 6-3 win at flight two over Leonie Floeth and Paulina Loretz. Tusculum forced the winner-take-all with a victory at flight three, where Emilie Hansen teamed with Valentina Loretz to defeat Lucy Spice and Ish Singh by a 6-4 score.

The Wolves won the first three singles matches in straight sets to clinch the team point. Castaneda, the SAC Player of the Year who is ranked 15th in Division II, defeated Baechler 6-0, 6-2 at flight one, Chamoun, ranked 70th in singles in Division II, beat Howe 6-0, 6-1 at flight two and Griffiths downed Floeth 6-3, 6-1 at flight three. The remaining three matches were unfinished, with Tusculum leading in two of the three contests.

Newberry will face top-seeded Queens in the semifinals as the Royals beat Lincoln Memorial 4-0. The other semifinal on Friday will pit Wingate and Carson-Newman, as the Bulldogs beat Lenoir-Rhyne 4-0 and the Eagles downed Anderson 4-2.