(SAN DIEGO) PLNU Men's Tennis is on a roll.
 
Not only did the Sea Lions extend their program-best winning streak to 12 matches by avenging their only loss of the season, they ended a 26-match losing streak to Azusa Pacific in the process.
 
Point Loma defeated APU on Saturday, 6-1, for its first victory against the Cougars since April 27, 2011.
 
"It was a really great performance by the guys, but I'm not surprised either," Head Coach Curt Wheeler said. "They've shown this whole year that they can play good tennis day-in and day-out."
 
PLNU bounced back from a crushing defeat in doubles, with APU winning both doubles matches that finished, despite the Sea Lions holding 5-3 and 5-2 leads at No. 2 and 3 respectively.
 
"The way they responded after doubles was huge," Wheeler said. "Against a very good team like this, that could've been a momentum shifter but the guys were ready to come out and put that in the past."
 
Point Loma showed exactly why its the No. 1 ranked team in the initial PacWest rankings with an emphatic singles display, winning all six singles matches in straight sets.
 

M🎾 FINAL

Point Loma - 6
Azusa Pacific - 1

PLNU beats APU for the first time since 2011, improving to 14-1 on the season. pic.twitter.com/NgRF6g62ap

— PLNU Sea Lions (@PLNUSeaLions) April 1, 2023

 
Andrew Suver picked up PLNU's first victory in singles, as he was leading 6-2, 4-1 before his No. 4 opponent retired.
 
Alexander Leischner, after winning the first set 6-3, trailed 0-1 in the second set before getting an early break that spurred him on to win the final six games of his No. 1 matchup.
 
Tyler Davis won his first set at No. 2, 6-2, before getting an early break to take a 3-0 lead in the second on his way to winning that set by an identical 6-2 scoreline.
 
Fabian Penzkofer then clinched PLNU's team victory with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph at No. 3, improving to 13-0 in singles this season.
 
David Strassburger got a break in the final game of the second set to claim a 6-4, 6-4 victory at No. 5, before Nabeel Khan made it 6-for-6 for PLNU in singles with his 7-5, 6-3 win at No. 6.
 
"That was a complete team performance," Wheeler said. "To not win a doubles match and lose the doubles point, to then come back and win singles in straight sets was probably the most even team performance I've seen in a long time."
 
Point Loma (14-1 overall) returns to action this week with two away matches, first at Concordia on Wednesday at 1 p.m. before traveling to take on Biola on Saturday at 2 p.m., as the Sea Lions look to extend their program-best winning streak even further.
 
"I think from the beginning this group knew it was talented and that we had potential, but it's always a difficult thing to turn talent and potential into performance and results," Wheeler said. "They've been focused all year and have been working hard on playing good tennis.
 
"They've been mentally tough and have been ready to battle every single point. That consistency has been huge."