SAN DIEGO - The Point Loma men's tennis team ran into a tough Amherst team on Thursday, Mar. 20 as they fell to the Lord Jeffs, 7-2.

PLNU picked up its points at No. 1 and No. 3 singles with Brooks Baldinger and Martin Blaho, respectively. Baldinger swept Amherst's Chris Dale at No. 1s 6-1 and 6-2. Baldinger is now 11-1 on the season in single play, including a 7-1 record when playing as the Sea Lions' No. 1

Blaho had to battle Russell Einbinder all the way through the third set to earn the point for PLNU. After opening the match with a 6-3 win in the first set, Blaho dropped the second set by an identical score to send the match to a third set. The final set even required extra points but Blaho was able to prevail 12-10.

In the other four singles matches and the three doubles the Lord Jeffs were able to earn wins to capture the match by the score of 7-2. Amherst is now 10-1 on the season.

Point Loma's next match will be on Saturday, Mar. 22 at Westmont. The match will start at 11:00 a.m.

Amherst 7, Point Loma 2
Singles competition
1. Baldinger, Brooks (PLNU-MT) def. Dale, Chris (AMHERST) 6-1, 6-2
2. Yaraghi, Andrew (AMHERST) def. Zablan, Michael (PLNU-MT) 7-6, 1-6, 10-4
3. Blaho, Martin (PLNU-MT) def. Einbinder, Russell (AMHERST) 6-3, 3-6, 12-10
4. Hendrix, Justin (AMHERST) def. Kaster, Kaptan (PLNU-MT) 5-7, 6-2, 10-8
5. Arnaboldi, Andrew (AMHERST) def. Milliken, Daniel (PLNU-MT) 7-6, 6-0
6. Arnaboldi, Brenton (AMHERST) def. Hammond, Benjamin (PLNU-MT) 6-4, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. Dale, Chris/Scheiner, Andrew (AMHERST) def. Baldinger, Brooks/Zablan, Michael (PLNU-MT) 9-7
2. Rodriguez, Sean/Hendrix, Justin (AMHERST) def. Blaho, Martin/Kaster, Kaptan (PLNU-MT) 9-8
3. Yaraghi, Andrew/Einbinder, Russell (AMHERST) def. Milliken, Daniel/McKelligan, Kevin (PLNU-MT) 8-2

Match Notes:
Amherst 10-1
Point Loma 4-9; Regional ranking #7