Pioneers

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Tusculum University scored 14 runs on 14 hits to win Saturday's opener as the Pioneers split a South Atlantic Conference doubleheader with visiting Wingate University. Tusculum won the first game 14-8 as the Pioneers scored in every seven of its eight times...

SALISBURY, N.C. --- The Tusculum University men's track and field team earned its second team victory of the outdoor season Saturday at the Blue Bear Invite, hosted by Livingstone College. The Pioneers accumulated 145 points on the strength of six first-place finishes in 17 events...

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- The Tusculum University softball team broke three program records in the two-game sweep of Limestone on Friday (Mar. 29). Emily Sappington now owns the shutout record, tossing the 16th of her TU career. The nightcap saw the single-season home run record fall as Ellie...

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Tusculum University outlasted Lenoir-Rhyne University 4-3 in South Atlantic Conference women's tennis action Friday afternoon at the Nichols Tennis Complex. The 43rd-ranked Pioneers (10-5, 4-2 SAC) won three straight singles matches to take a 3-1 lead on the 32nd-ranked Bears (11-3, 6-2...

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Tusculum University won its 10th consecutive men's tennis match Friday afternoon with a 5-2 victory over Lenoir-Rhyne University in a South Atlantic Conference matchup of nationally-ranked teams at the Nichols Tennis Complex. The 30th-ranked Pioneers (13-3, 6-0 SAC) used a tiebreaker victory...

FRANKLIN SPRINGS, Ga. --- The Tusculum University men's volleyball team dropped the rematch to Emmanuel on Thursday (Mar. 28). The Pioneers (6-20) fell to the Lions (9-16) by scores of 25-20, 25-20, 25-13. Eli Zdonek finished with a match-high 17 kills on a .556 hitting percentage....

LOUISVILLE, Ky. --- Claire Smeltzer of Tusculum University softball has been named to the 2024 Tucci/NFCA Division II Player and Pitcher of the Year watchlist. The senior outfielder is the first in program history to be named to this elite lineup. One hundred and twenty (120)...

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Tusculum University second baseman Zach Wilson went 3-for-4 with a pair doubles and drove in the go-ahead run as the Pioneers upset 15th-ranked Lee University 6-4 Wednesday night at Pioneer Park. Tusculum (18-13) runs its winning streak to three in a row while snapping...

ANDERSON, S.C. --- The Tusculum University softball team rebounded to salvage a split and knock Anderson from the South Atlantic Conference unbeatens on Wednesday (Mar. 27). Tusculum (16-17, 6-6 SAC) hosts Limestone for a Friday (Mar. 29) matinee, with the first pitch currently scheduled for...

HARROGATE, Tenn. --- Lincoln Memorial University defeated Tusculum University 17-7 in South Atlantic Conference men's lacrosse Wednesday afternoon. The Railsplitters (4-8, 1-5 SAC) snapped a six-game losing streak by outshooting the Pioneers (1-11, 0-7 SAC) by a 59-29 margin. Daniel Pearl and Cole Morris each...