PHOENIX - Brothers
Bram Kevelaerts and
Jakob Kevelaerts picked up their second win of the season at No. 2 doubles, and the Point Loma men's tennis team also picked up points at No. 2 singles and No. 3 doubles, but No. 10 ranked Grand Canyon came away with the 6-3 win on Friday, Feb. 8.
The Kevelaerts defeated Felix Schueller and Alexander Roggenkamp of Grand Canyon 9-7 in a tiebreaker. They have now won both doubles matches since joining the Sea Lions.
Daniel Milliken and
Kaptan Kaster also helped PLNU earn a point as they won 8-3 over Meidy Chazeau and Yann Kaelin in No. 3 doubles. Milliken and Kaster are now 1-1 on the season as a doubles team.
Point Loma earned its only point in singles at No. 2 when
Michael Zablan took down Yann Kaelin in straight sets, 6-2 and 7-5.
The match could have gone the way of the Sea Lions but the 'Lopes were able to pull off the tiebreakers at No. 1 and No. 3 singles. Felix Schueller edged
Brooks Baldinger at No. 1 singles tiebreaker, 10-4. Ahmad Saleem also got the best of
Jakob Kevelaerts in the tiebreaker at No. 3 singles, winning the tiebreaker 10-6.
The PLNU men's tennis team will be back in action on Saturday, Feb. 9 at 9:00 a.m. (PST) against Sonoma State.
Grand Canyon 6, Point Loma 3
Singles
#1: Felix Schueller (GCU) def.
Brooks Baldinger (PLNU) 6-4, 2-6, 10-4
#2:
Michael Zablan (PLNU) def. Yann Kaelin (GCU) 6-2, 7-5
#3: Ahmad Saleem (GCU) def.
Jakob Kevelaerts (PLNU) 6-1, 3-6, 10-6
#4: Arjun Bal (GCU) def.
Kaptan Kaster (PLNU) 6-1, 6-1
#5: Alexander Roggenkamp (GCU) def.
Daniel Milliken (PLNU) 6-2, 6-1
#6: Jacob Spizman (GCU) def.
Bram Kevelaerts (PLNU) 6-1, 6-3
Doubles
#1: Ahmad Saleem/Arjun Bal (GCU) def.
Brooks Baldinger/
Michael Zablan (PLNU) 8-5
#2:
Bram Kevelaerts/
Jakob Kevelaerts (PLNU) def. Felix Schueller/Alexander Roggenkamp (GCU) 9-7
#3:
Daniel Milliken/
Kaptan Kaster (PLNU) def. Meidy Chazeau/Yann Kaelin (GCU) 8-3