SAN DIEGO - The Point Loma men's tennis team earned a 7-2 victory over local rival San Diego Christian on Thursday, Mar. 19.Â
The win puts PLNU at 7-8 on the season and drops SDC to 6-4.
The victory did not come easy as SDC was able to take No. 1 doubles to prevent PLNU from going up 3-0 in ddoubles. The Sea Lions finished the Hawks off by taking five of six singles matches.
The Sea Lions will face rival Azusa Pacific on Saturday, Mar. 21 at 11:00 a.m.Â
#42 Point Loma 7, San Diego Christian 2
Singles competition1. Staab, Andre (PLNU-MT) def. AGUILAR, Brendan (SDC) 6-3, 6-4
2. Blaho, Martin (PLNU-MT) def. URQUIDI, Leonardo (SDC) 6-4, 6-4
3. MORIANO, Alessandro (SDC) def. Tenbroeck, James (PLNU-MT) 6-4, 6-4
4. Milliken, Daniel (PLNU-MT) def. ZASADNYY, Maksym (SDC) 6-2, 6-4
5. Erion, CJ (PLNU-MT) def. SUPERLANO, Daniel (SDC) 6-1, 6-0
6. Alston, Jack (PLNU-MT) def. DE ROMAS, Adam (SDC) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
Doubles competition1. AGUILAR, Brendan/URQUIDI, Leonardo (SDC) def. Staab, Andre/Milliken, Daniel (PLNU-MT) 8-6
2. Blaho, Martin/Erion, CJ (PLNU-MT) def. MORIANO, Alessandro/ZASADNYY, Maksym (SDC) 8-3
3. Tenbroeck, James/Alston, Grant (PLNU-MT) def. DE ROMAS, Adam/SUPERLANO, Daniel (SDC) 8-4
Match Notes:San Diego Christian 6-4
Point Loma 7-8; National ranking #42; Regional ranking #5