Box Score (SAN DIEGO) PLNU Men's Tennis hit the ground running in 2023 with a 4-3 exhibition win over NCAA Division I Nevada on Friday morning.
 
"The men's team did a tremendous job of competing at a high level today against a really tough UNR team," Head Coach Curt Wheeler said. "I was happy with their focus on controlling the parts of the match that they had control over."
 
The exhibition was originally scheduled to take place on Saturday but with rain in the forecast for this weekend, the match was moved to Friday.
 

Some 📸 from PLNU Men's Tennis' 4-3 exhibition win this morning over NCAA Division 1 Nevada. #GoSeaLions pic.twitter.com/ndxauXqwjU

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Alexander Leischner (3-6, 6-3, 7-6), Tyler Davis (7-5, 6-2) and Fabian Penzkofer (7-6, 6-2) picked up singles wins at numbers one, two and three respectively.
 
That came after PLNU captured the doubles point by winning two out of the three doubles matches. Leischner and Davis won at number one doubles (6-4), while Penzkofer teamed up with Nabeel Khan to claim victory at number two doubles (7-6).
 
The group has one more home exhibition match on Jan. 19 against another Division I opponent, San Francisco, before playing its official season opener on Feb. 4 against Westmont.
 
"There are still things to work on before the season begins, but this was a great start to the spring 2023 semester for the men's team," Wheeler said.