(GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.) If the opening day of the ITA West Regional Championships in Grand Junction, Colorado is any indication, PLNU Tennis has a lot to be excited about for the upcoming spring season.
 
Point Loma had a total of eight singles players (five men, three women) advance to the Round of 16, while the men had three doubles pairings reach the quarterfinals.
 
"Both teams competed well and played great tennis today," Head Coach Curt Wheeler said. "The high-altitude conditions make it difficult but the teams did a tremendous job of adjusting."
 
DAY 1 RESULTS

Men's Singles
First Round
 
Lukas Schuster (PLNU) defeats Brandon Keller (Colorado Mesa): 6-1, 6-0
#11 Alexander Leischner (PLNU): BYE
Jorge Abreu (Colorado Mesa) defeats David Strassburger (PLNU): 6-3, 7-6
Andrew Suver (PLNU) defeats James Caddies (CUI): 6-1, 6-3
#8 Tyler Davis (PLNU): BYE
Nabeel Khan (PLNU) defeats Jamison Pfingston (Colorado Mesa): 4-6, 6-1 (10-2)
Alejandro Castaneda (PLNU) defeats Henry Scheck (Colorado Mesa): 4-6, 6-3 (10-4)
#2 Fabian Penzkofer (PLNU): BYE
 
Round of 32
 
#1 Sebastian Herrera (Biola) defeats Lukas Schuster (PLNU): 6-4, 6-2
#11 Alexander Leischner (PLNU) defeats Adam Kartzinel (CUI): 6-2, 6-2
Andrew Suver (PLNU) defeats #3 Jakub Beran (HPU): 2-6, 7-6 (10-4)
#8 Tyler Davis (PLNU) defeats Brodrick Bohren (APU): 7-5, 6-3
#4 Leyton Bohren (APU) defeats Nabeel Khan (PLNU): 6-3, 6-1
Alejandro Castaneda (PLNU) defeats Miha Velicki (APU): 6-3, 6-1
#2 Fabian Penzkofer (PLNU) defeats Adrian Solorzano (Biola): 7-5, 7-5
 
Women's Singles
First Round
 
Thelma Sepulveda (PLNU) defeats Jessica Bear (CUI): 6-4, 6-0
#5 Madison Kane (APU) defeats Amanda Letzring (PLNU): 7-5, 6-2
#10 Joelle Lanz (PLNU) defeats Antoinette Schreiber (Dominican): 6-0, 6-3
Viktoria Leth (Art) defeats Angelique Friedrich (PLNU): 6-4, 6-4
Kinsey Fields (Metro State) defeats Rachel Whittington (PLNU): 7-6, 6-0
#6 Arianna Audelo (PLNU) defeats Paige Furin (Colorado Mesa): 6-2, 6-0
Rachal Jackson (PLNU) defeats Carolina Guerrero (Dominican): 6-1, 7-5
 
Round of 32
 
Thelma Sepulveda (PLNU) defeats #12 Yun Nicole Shiau (Art): 6-1, 6-4
#10 Joelle Lanz (PLNU) defeats Isabelle Coman (Colorado Mesa): 2-6, 7-6 (10-6)
#6 Arianna Audelo (PLNU) defeats Vini Margaret Bautista (APU): 7-6, 4-6 (10-5)
#1 Eleonora Liga (APU) defeats Rachal Jackson (PLNU): 6-0, 6-0
 
Men's Doubles
Round of 32
 
#1 Tyler Davis/Nabeel Khan (PLNU): BYE
Lukas Schuster/David Strassburger (PLNU) defeat Leon Czarnikau/Tim Nutz (CUI): 8-5
Billy McDermott/Jean-Loup Auzias (Metro State) defeat Andrew Suver/Alejandro Castaneda (PLNU): 8-2
Alexander Leischner/Fabian Penzkofer (PLNU): BYE
 
Round of 16
 
#1 Tyler Davis/Nabeel Khan (PLNU) defeat Brodrick Bohren/Villislav Bonev (APU): 8-3
Lukas Schuster/David Strassburger (PLNU) defeat #3 Antonio Rosales Varona/Alexey Prokopchuk (Biola): 8-7 (9-7)
Alexander Leischner/Fabian Penzkofer (PLNU) defeat Elias Walter/Dylan Parsley (APU): 8-2
 
Women's Doubles
Round of 32
 
#7 Gina Dudley/Audrey Rafols (Dominican) defeat Amanda Letzring/Rachal Jackson (PLNU): 8-5
#4 Marleen Tilgner/Abigail Wild (HPU) defeat Thelma Sepulveda/Joelle Lanz (PLNU): 8-0
#5 Arianna Audelo/Faith Pearson (PLNU) defeat Tiffany Carrillo/Alicia Da Re (CUI): 8-3
April Wong/Shannele Lopez (APU) defeat Rachel Whittington/Angelique Friedrich (PLNU): 8-3
 
Round of 16
 
Marie Cool/Hanna Haber (Metro State) defeat #5 Arianna Audelo/Faith Pearson (PLNU): 8-7
 
DAY 2 SCHEDULE

Round of 16 singles matches are scheduled to begin on Friday at 8 a.m. MT / 7 a.m. PT, with quarterfinal matchups tentatively scheduled to start at 11 a.m. MT / 10 a.m. PT.

Quarterfinal doubles matches are slated to commence at 2 p.m. MT / 1 p.m. PT, with semifinal matches starting almost immediately afterward at 3 p.m. MT / 2 p.m. PT.

SCHEDULE
 
"I am looking forward to lots of tough and challenging matches on day two," Wheeler said. "I know both teams are ready to compete and play their best tennis."