FRANKLIN, Ind. - Franklin got off to a fast start by winning two of three doubles matches Wednesday and went on to defeat Transylvania 7-2, depriving the Pioneers of their second straight Heartland Conference women's tennis championship.

The Pioneers finish regular season play with a 6-2 record, 6-2 HCAC, while Franklin clinched the conference regular season title with an 8-0 record. The Grizzlies were 11-2 overall. Rose-Hulman will have the second seed in the upcoming HCAC tournament this weekend in Indianapolis with Transy the third seed.

Transy's No. 1 doubles team of Claire Mielcarek and Kaitlin Hizny won 8-5 and Mielcarek completed an undefeated HCAC season at No. 1 singles with a 6-3, 6-2 win. But Franklin swept the rest of the matches to clinch the No. 1 seed.

Transy will face No. 6 Manchester at 9 a.m. Saturday at the West Indy Racquet Club. The winner of that match gets a date with Rose-Hulman at 2 p.m. Saturday. The HCAC Championship will be decided at 10 a.m. Sunday with the winner getting the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Championship.

Franklin 7, Transylvania 2
10-10-12 at Franklin, Ind. 

Singles competition
1. Mielcarek, Claire (TRANSY) def. Heather Pasek (FCW) 6-3, 6-2
2. Melissa Sanders (FCW) def. Hizny, Kaitlin (TRANSY) 6-7, 2-3, retired
3. Bethany Harris (FCW) def. Dixon, Megan (TRANSY) 6-0, 6-1
4. Adrian Gillaspy (FCW) def. Haugli, Victoria (TRANSY) 6-0, 6-2
5. Rain Tuley (FCW) def. Tapscott, Caroline (TRANSY) 6-1, 6-1
6. Chelsea Howell (FCW) def. McCreary, Taylor (TRANSY) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. Mielcarek, Claire/Hizny, Kaitlin (TRANSY) def. Melissa Sanders/Adrian Gillaspy (FCW) 8-5
2. Heather Pasek/Bethany Harris (FCW) def. Dixon, Megan/Haugli, Victoria (TRANSY) 9-8 (10-8)
3. Rain Tuley/Chelsea Howell (FCW) def. Tapscott, Caroline/Larain, Nika (TRANSY) 8-1