SAC Women’s Tennis Championship Quarterfinal Roundup

ROCK HILL, S.C. - The third-seeded Tusculum Pioneers and fourth-seeded Brevard Tornados advanced to the semifinals of the 2012 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Championship with sizeable victories at the Rock Hill Tennis Center on Thursday.

No. 3 Tusculum 5, No. 6 Lincoln Memorial 0 [Box Score]

With two close doubles wins, Taylor Patterson's victory at No. 4 singles gave the Pioneers a pass to the semifinals, where they will face No. 2 Anderson on Friday morning.

Tusculum's Holly Verner and Katelyn Doss at No. 1 and Megan Buckmaster and Kate Hutchinson at No. 3 each earned 8-6 doubles wins to earn crucial points there. Courtney Conley and Taylor Patterson at No. 2 earned an 8-4 win to stake the Pioneers out to a 3-0 lead entering singles play.

Hutchinson cruised to a 6-2, 6-0 win at No. 5 singles and Patterson's 7-5, 6-2 win at No. 4 ended the match with the Pioneers' five wins.

No. 4 Brevard 5, No. 5 Mars Hill 1 [Box Score]

Aided by two Mars Hill forfeits, the Tornados advanced to the semifinals to face No. 1 Wingate on Friday morning.The two teams split the two contested doubles matches, with Brevard's Claire Dillman and Michelle Prata squeaking out an 8-6 win at No. 1 and Mars Hill's Tatiana Dualiby and Jacqueline Rouquet breezing to an 8-2 win at No. 2.

With a forfeit at No. 6 singles, Brevard now led 3-1 and needed just two singles wins to advance. Jennifer Nyman sprinted to a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 5 and Prata's 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 3 clinched the victory for Brevard