SAN DIEGO - In an early season match that has possible implications for the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) regional playoffs the Point Loma women's tennis team fell to Azusa Pacific 6-3 on Friday, Feb. 1.

The Sea Lions picked up wins in the No. 2, No. 4 and No. 6 singles positions. Hope Penner picked up a 7-5 and 6-1 win over Danae Ingwaldson in the battle of the No. 2s. Sharon Reibstein swept her opponent in the No. 6 spot to earn another point for PLNU. She took down Bethany Duval in straight sets 6-1 and 6-4. Wileen Chiu had to battle to collect her team point as she and Samantha Kaneta split the first sets 6-2 and 4-6. Chiu earned the point by winning the tiebreaker 10-7.

Chiu was also involved in the best doubles of the day. She and partner Kiersten Steinhauer battled the Cougars' duo of Kim Koetterheinrich and Lindsey Yeom to a tiebreaker, but APU was able to come away with the 8-7 win and en route sweep the doubles competition.

The PLNU women's team will be back in action at home on Tuesday, Feb. 5 when they take on UC San Diego at 2:30 p.m.

Singles
#1: Emily Harris (APU) d. Maika Adair (PLNU) 6-1, 6-3
#2: Hope Penner (PLNU) d. Danae Ingwaldson (APU) 7-5, 6-1
#3: Brejohn McCrary (APU) d. Preethika Venugopal (PLNU) 6-3, 6-4
#4: Wileen Chiu (PLNU) d. Samantha Kaneta (APU) 6-2, 4-6 (10-7)
#5: Lindsey Yeom (APU) d. Kirsty Mountain (PLNU) 6-2, 6-2
#6: Sharon Reibstein (PLNU) d. Bethany Duval (APU) 6-1, 6-4

Doubles
#1: Harris/Ingwaldson (APU) d. Penner/Venugopal (PLNU) 8-3
#2: Kaneta/McCrary (APU) d. Adair/Reibstein (PLNU) 8-5
#3: Koetterheinrich/Yeom (APU) d. Chiu/Steinhauer (PLNU) 8-7