FRESNO, Calif. - It took 25 years for the Point Loma women's tennis to get its first win over Fresno Pacific and all of a sudden its happened twice in one year as the Sea Lions grinded out a 5-4 victory over the Sunbirds on Saturday (Mar. 15).

The win evened the Sea Lions' season record at 7-7 and dropped Fresno Pacific to 4-6.

The match opened with PLNU capturing two of the three doubles points. Maika Adair and Hillary Ramage teamed up at No. 2 doubles to defeat Laure-Anne Josso and Alison Carre 8-3. Preethika Venugopal and Kaitlyn Murray also won at No. 3 doubles by the identical 8-3 score.

The match then turned to singles with PLNU needing a split in the six matches. Kirsty Mountain picked up the first point with a 6-1 and 6-1 win at No. 6s. Venugopal backed up her doubles win with a straight set 6-2 and 6-2 win at No. 4. Regina von Koch then grabbed the decisive fifth team point with a 6-4 and 6-4 win over Angelika Sobiecka at No. 2s.

Point Loma will return home to host Hope International on Tuesday, Mar. 18 at 4:00 p.m.

#31 Point Loma 5, #14 Fresno Pacific 4
Singles competition
1. #14 Petra Jurova (FPU) def. Maika Adair (PLNU) 7-5, 6-0
2. Regina von Koch (PLNU) def. Angelika Sobiecka (FPU) 6-4, 6-4
3. Alison Carre (FPU) def. Hope Penner (PLNU) 6-3, 7-6
4. Preethika Venugopal (PLNU) def. Matilda Ackered (FPU) 6-2, 6-2
5. Laure-Anne Josso (FPU) def. Hillary Ramage (PLNU) 6-4, 6-2
6. Kirsty Mountain (PLNU) def. Erin Carlson (FPU) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. Petra Jurova/Angelika Sobiecka (FPU) def. Hope Penner/Regina von Koch (PLNU) 8-0
2. Maika Adair/Hillary Ramage (PLNU) def. Laure-Anne Josso/Alison Carre (FPU) 8-3
3. Preethika Venugopal/Kaitlyn Murray (PLNU) def. Erin Carlson/Matilda Ackered (FPU) 8-3

Match Notes:
Point Loma 7-7; National ranking #31; Regional ranking #8
Fresno Pacific 4-6; National ranking #14; Regional ranking #4
T-3:23; A-27