FRESNO, Calif. -- NAIA No. 7 ranked Point Loma Nazarene was defeated 8-1 by conference leader and top-ranked Fresno Pacific on Saturday. It was the second consecutive GSAC loss that the Sea Lions suffered this week.
 
Loma falls to 7-6 overall, 3-4 in the GSAC; while Fresno bumps up to 16-1 overall and continues its winning streak in the conference at 9-0.
 
The Green and Gold's point came via the pairing of Diego Tavera and Andrew Combs who won court three doubles. The Sea Lions took their match 8-5 from Sunbirds Stefan Loop and Lloyd Bruce-Burgess.
 
The rest of the match didn't go so well for PLNU.
 
For doubles, Loma's No. 1 team Greg De Andrade and Tyler Bowman was defeated by Xavier Smith and Cledson Carvalho 8-3 and No. 2 KC Ensley and Angel Tavera lost to Nathan Martinet Kirill Sinitsyn by the same score.
 
Singles saw straight losses in straight sets. From the top of the ladder down: De Andrade fell to Smith in two 6-3 sets; Bowman was overcome by Sinitsyn in two 6-2 sets; Ensley got the closest to winning a set from Martinet on court three but ended up losing 6-4, 6-3; Mike Zablan fell in straight 6-1 sets to Carvalho; Diego Tavera lost 6-0, 6-1 to Bruce-Burgess and Chad Rubin lost 6-1, 6-3 to Amarit Sanchez.
 
Next up for Point Loma is an away conference match against No. 8 Concordia on Tuesday at 12 pm.

#1 Fresno Pacific 8, #7 Point Loma Nazarene 1
 
Singles
1. SMITH, Xavier (FPU) def. DE ANDRADE, Gregory (PLNU) 6-3, 6-3
2. SINITSYN, Kirill (FPU) def. BOWMAN, Tyler (PLNU) 6-2, 6-2
3. MARTINET, Nathan (FPU) def. ENSLEY, KC (PLNU) 6-4, 6-3
4. CARVALHO, Cledson (FPU) def. ZABLAN, Michael (PLNU) 6-1, 6-1
5. BRUCE-BURGESS, Lloyd (FPU) def. TAVERA, Diego (PLNU) 6-1, 6-0
6. SANCHEZ, Amarit (FPU) def. RUBIN, Chad (PLNU) 6-1, 6-3
 
Doubles
1. SMITH, Xavier/CARVALHO, Cledson (FPU) def. DE ANDRADE, Gregory/BOWMAN, Tyler (PLNU) 8-3
2. SINITSYN, Kirill/MARTINET, Nathan (FPU) def. ENSLEY, KC/TAVERA, Angel (PLNU) 8-3
3. TAVERA, Diego/COMBS, Andrew (PLNU) def.  LOOP, Stefan/BRUCE-BURGESS, Lloyd (FPU) 8-5
 
Match Notes:
Point Loma Nazarene 7-6, 3-4 GSAC; National ranking #7 Fresno Pacific 16-1, 9-0 GSAC; National ranking #1
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