Box Score The Sea Lions claimed their second win in as many days, defeating non-conference foes Grand Canyon 8-1 at the PLNU tennis courts on Wednesday. The win pushes Loma's record to 2-3 overall.
PLNU opened up play against their NCAA DII foes with three doubles points. The closest match was on court three where
Trent Brown and
David Jaehnig took care of business 8-5.
The Sea Lions then won five of six singles matches, losing only in a tie-breaker on court five. Jaehnig was pushed to three sets on court four but pulled out the win.
Top-ranked Fresno Pacific comes to town on Saturday for a return-to-GSAC match that begins at 10:00 am.
Point Loma Nazarene University 8, Grand Canyon University 1
Feb 24, 2010 at San Diego, CA (PLNU Tennis Courts)
Singles competition
1. MYERS, Joel (PLNU) def. GIRALDI, Patrice (GCU) 6-3, 6-2
2. WHEELER, Curt (PLNU) def. GAS, Szymon (GCU) 6-2, 7-5
3. BOWMAN, Tyler (PLNU) def. SCHROEDER, Eric (GCU) 6-3, 6-0
4. JAEHNIG, David (PLNU) def. KIRBY, Brian (GCU) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
5. HEBERT, William (GCU) def. BROWN, Trent (PLNU) 5-7, 7-5, 10-4
6. CAMBALLA, Kevin (PLNU) def. GUEVERA, Sebastian (GCU) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. MYERS, Joel/BOWMAN, Tyler (PLNU) def. HEBERT, William/GIRALDI, Patrice (GCU) 8-4
2. WHEELER, Curt/HILKER, Landon (PLNU) def. SCHROEDER, Eric/KIRBY, Brian (GCU) 8-3
3. BROWN, Trent/JAEHNIG, David (PLNU) def. GAS, Szymon/GUEVERA, Sebastian (GCU) 8-5
Match Notes
Point Loma Nazarene University 2-3
PLNU Plays in the NAIA and is ranked No. 12
Grand Canyon competes in the NCAA DII