GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Tusculum University defeated Coker University 6-1 in South Atlantic Conference women's tennis action Saturday afternoon at the Nichols Tennis Complex.

The Pioneers (7-4, 3-0 SAC) earned the doubles point from the Cobras (1-9, 0-4 SAC) and then won three of the first four completed singles matches to claim their fourth victory in the last five matches.

Tusculum won the doubles as Elodie Baechler teamed with Valentina Loretz for a 6-2 win at flight two over Jessica Binzari and Angelina Krieg, while Leonie Floeth and Ylva Frafjord Landa beat Tamara Macias and Sydnee Foster 6-2 at flight one to clinch the 1-0 lead.

In singles, Valentina Loretz shut out Claire Nance 6-0, 6-0 at flight five and Paulina Loretz was a 6-3, 6-0 winner over Krieg at flight three for a 3-0 Tusculum lead. After the Cobras earned their lone singles win from Binzari at flight one, Baechler sealed the Pioneer victory with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Foster at flight four.

Closing out the match for the Pioneers were Tabitha Howe, who needed a tiebreaker to defeat Macias 6-0, 4-6, (10-7) at flight two, and Landa who was a 7-5, 6-3 winner over Caroline Myers at flight six.

Tusculum is one of four teams undefeated in SAC play and will host Lincoln Memorial on Tuesday at 1 p.m. The Railsplitters lost 7-0 to 35th-ranked Wingate on Saturday and will bring a 7-5 overall record and a 2-2 SAC mark into Tuesday's contest.