HARROGATE, Tenn. -- The Railsplitter tennis team (8-10, 5-6 SAC) came up short in a hard-fought match with Tusculum (17-1, 8-1 SAC) as they fell 6-3 to the Pioneers Saturday afternoon at the LMU Tennis Complex.

Tusculum took two out of three doubles matches with the No. 1 and No. 2 flights being by 8-2 margins. At No. 3. Pepe Batalla and David Segarra pulled out the 8-6 win.

In singles play, LMU picked up wins at No. 3 and No. 5. Batalla won over Jonas Winkelmann 6-4, 6-2 at No. 3 while Segarra win his match at the No. 5 flight 8-6. At No. 1, Joshua Coulthard nearly took his match to a third set after dropping the first set 6-0 and falling in the second set in a tiebreaker 7-6 (8-6).

LMU hosts the University of the Cumberlands Wednesday afternoon in the regular season finale. First serve is set for 2 p.m. at the LMU Tennis Complex.

Tusculum 6, Lincoln Memorial 3
Singles competition
1. Tim Stierle (TCM) def. Joshua Coulthard (LMU) 6-0, 7-6 (8-6)
2. Eduardo Munoz (TCM) def. Moritz Hoerner (LMU) 6-2, 6-4
3. Pepe Batalla (LMU) def. Jonas Winkelmann (TCM) 6-4, 6-2
4. Tashique Kader (TCM) def. Carlos Zunino (LMU) 6-2, 6-2
5. David Segarra (LMU) def. Leon Seiz (TCM) 8-6
6. David Siegle (TCM) def. Guilherme Rocha (LMU) 8-3

Doubles competition
1. Tim Stierle/Jonas Winkelmann (TCM) def. Carlos Zunino/Guilherme Rocha (LMU) 8-2
2. Tashique Kader/Leon Seiz (TCM) def. Joshua Coulthard/Moritz Hoerner (LMU) 8-2
3. Pepe Batalla/David Segarra (LMU) def. Eduardo Munoz/David Siegle (TCM) 8-6