(SAN DIEGO) No. 20 PLNU Women's Tennis responded from Friday's defeat to Azusa Pacific by defeating visiting Redlands on Saturday, 6-1.
 
"The women won a tough match against Redlands," Head Coach Curt Wheeler said. "The ladies worked hard on every court to earn the victory.
 
"Playing on back-to-back days is always a difficult challenge, but the ladies did a great job of bringing the intensity and positive energy."
 
The Sea Lions took all three doubles matches by identical 6-4 scores, with Amanda Letzring/Arianna Audelo (No. 1), Angelique Friedrich/Joelle Lanz (No. 2) and Faith Pearson/Rachel Whittington (No. 3) securing the doubles point for PLNU.
 
Point Loma then won five of six singles matches, three coming in straight-sets.
 
Sepulveda won her first set at No. 4, 6-3, and then led 2-1 in the second before winning the final four games to clinch the victory.
 
Pearson cruised in her opening set at No. 6, 6-2, before winning a second-set tiebreak.
 
Lanz led 4-3 in the first set, when she showcased remarkable range to get to a slice and hit a backhand winner down the line to go up 5-3.
 
She then kept set point alive at the net with several incredible volleys before securing the first set 6-3. The PLNU freshman then raced out to a 5-0 lead in the second set, ultimately winning 6-1.
 
At No. 3, Friedrich won her first set 6-1. Then after dropping the second one, 4-6, she stormed back to win the third, 6-0.
 
Letzring then won a thrilling super tiebreak at No. 4 to cap off PLNU's victory, 7-6, 2-6, 14-12.
 
Point Loma (3-3 overall) returns to the court on Wednesday, when the Sea Lions host Concordia at 3 p.m.