SAN DIEGO – The Point Loma men's tennis team recorded their first victory of the season defeating San Diego Christian 4-1 on Tuesday, Feb. 11.

During doubles play the Sea Lions got down early losing the first match 6-1. Jan Plueer and Alejandro Castaneda would even the doubles match up winning their match 6-2. Yuki Okamoto and Tyler Davis finished off their opponents by a score of 7-6 to give PLNU a 1-0 lead going into singles play.

David Strassburger got the Sea Lions on the board after dominating his opponent 6-1 and 6-1. San Diego Christian would start to claw their way back after Tim Soderman fell in his match 3-6 and 2-6. With two of the six singles matches complete PLNU led 2-1.

Jasdeep Paintal gave the Sea Lions the boost they needed after defeating his opponent 6-4 and 6-0. With three matches remaining PLNU needed just one more victory to secure the win. Jan Plueer would come up big grinding out the fourth victory for the Sea Lions.

With Jan Plueer's win, the Sea Lions recorded their first victory of the season.

Words from Wheeler:
Thoughts on today's match: "San Diego Christian has always been a team that has always played us very tough but it was nice to come back home to a couple of home matches. We did a great job of coming out and getting the double point which is always very important in any match we play. We also had big contributions from the bottom of our lineup today. The four, five, and six singles were the ones that were able to come through in straight sets and help us clinch the match. Our depth proved to be the difference because the top three matches were all very close."

On the team's confidence after their first win: "Today's win will be a big confidence boost for the entire team we started the season with a lot of tough matches, tough away matches. It is nice to come back home and get a strong win on our home turf. It is a good positive vibe going into our next match."

Team Records
Point Loma 1-3, San Diego Christian 0-2

Up Next
The Sea Lions will travel to Irvine, Calif. to take on Concordia on Feb. 18. The match is set to begin at 3 p.m.