SAN DIEGO - The Point Loma women's tennis team swept doubles and won five of six singles matches to dominate Western New Mexico, 8-1, on Tuesday, Feb. 26.

The win puts the Sea Lions at 2-5 on the season, while the Mustangs dropped to 4-5.

The match opened with the Sea Lions winning all three doubles matches. Hope Penner and Preethika Venugopal won at No. 1 doubles 8-4. Kiersten Steinhauer and Wileen Chiu then teamed up for a 8-3 win at No. 2 doubles, while Maika Adair and Kirsty Mountain won by the same score at No.3.

The match then moved to singles where PLNU won at No. 1, No. 2 and No. 4-6. Chiu, Mountain and Sharon Reibstein swept their opponents in the No. 4-6 positions with no Mustang even winning three games in any set. Hope Penner defeated Ashley Newell at No. 2 singles 6-3 and 6-2. Maika Adair had to battle Anya Tiurina in the No. 1 singles spot but came away with a 4-6, 7-5 and 10-7 victory.

PLNU's next match will be on the road at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on Friday, Mar. 1 beginning at 2:30 p.m.

Point Loma 8, Western New Mexico 1
Singles
#1. Maika Adair (PLNU) def. Anya Tiurina (WNM) 4-6, 7-5, 10-7
#2. Hope Penner (PLNU) def. Ashley Newell (WNM) 6-3, 6-2
#3. Claudia Osuna (WNM) def. Preethika Venugopal (PLNU) 10-7
#4. Wileen Chiu (PLNU) def. Doris Berberic (WNM) 6-2, 6-2
#5. Kirsty Mountain (PLNU) def. Diamond Morrill (WNM) 6-2, 6-2
#6. Sharon Reibstein (PLNU) def. Davida Aragon (WNM) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles
#1. Penner/Venugopal (PLNU) def. Newell/Tiurina (WNM) 8-4
#2. Steinhauer/Chiu (PLNU) def. Osuna/Aragon (WNM) 8-3
#3. Adair/Mountain (PLNU) def. Berberic/Morrill (WNM) 8-3