SURPRISE, Ariz. - The Point Loma women's tennis team lost 5-0 to No. 7 ranked Hawaii Pacific in the first round of the 2015 PacWest Conference Tennis Championships on Thursday, Apr. 16.
 
HPU, which is seeded No. 2 in the championships, improved to 19-5 with the win while No. 7 seeded PLNU fell to 9-13. The Sharks won all three doubles matches and then pick up victories at No. 2 and No. 4 singles to earn the victory.
 
PLNU drops into the consolation section of the PacWest Championships. It will face No. 6 seeded Sonoma State on Friday, Apr. 17 at 2:00 p.m. for the right to play in the fourth place match. 
 
#7 Hawai'i Pacific 5, #25 Point Loma 0
Singles competition
1. #16 Kristyna Hancarova (HPU-WT) vs. Newell, Nikki (PLNU-WT) unfinished
2. Nicole Hoynaski (HPU-WT) def. von Koch, Regina (PLNU-WT) 6-2, 6-1
3. Vivian Hansen (HPU-WT) vs. Venugopal, Preethika (PLNU-WT) unfinished
4. Lorena Gheorghe (HPU-WT) def. Ramage, Hillary (PLNU-WT) 6-1, 6-1
5. Lea Kruse-Utermann (HPU-WT) vs. Weissmann, Jen (PLNU-WT) unfinished
6. Sofia Tavitian (HPU-WT) vs. Mountain, Kirsty (PLNU-WT) unfinished
 
Doubles competition
1. #11 Kristyna Hancarova/Nicole Hoynaski (HPU-WT) def. Newell, Nikki/Weissmann, Jen (PLNU-WT) 8-4
2. Lea Kruse-Utermann/Lorena Gheorghe (HPU-WT) def. von Koch, Regina/Venugopal, Preethika (PLNU-WT) 8-1
3. Vivian Hansen/Sofia Tavitian (HPU-WT) def. Ramage, Hillary/Mountain, Kirsty (PLNU-WT) 8-4
 
Match Notes:
Point Loma 9-13; National ranking #25; Regional ranking #8
Hawai'i Pacific 19-5; National ranking #7; Regional ranking #2
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (4,2)
T-2:34 A-67