(SURPRISE, Ariz.) Fourth-seeded PLNU Men's Tennis booked its spot in the Fifth-Place Match at the PacWest Championships with a 4-0 victory over eighth-seeded Metro State on Friday morning.
 
Point Loma took the doubles point, winning two of the three matches.
 
Andrew Suver and Lukas Schuster went up a break early in their set at No. 3 on their way to winning 6-3.
 
Nabeel Khan and Elias Weeks then clinched the doubles point by breaking their opponents' serve to win 6-4 after Khan's forehand winner at the net.
 
Alexander Leischner rolled to a 6-1, 6-0 victory at No. 1 before wins by Khan (6-2, 6-1) and Schuster (6-2, 6-2) at No. 5 and No. 6 sealed the team win.
 

PLNU Men's Tennis takes down Metro State to advance to tomorrow's 5th place game at @ThePacWest Championships. pic.twitter.com/MkqxrfZ1Nh

— PLNU Sea Lions (@PLNUSeaLions) April 19, 2024

 
Khan and Schuster both raced out to 3-0 leads in the first set of their victories.
 
Suver trailed 0-5 in the first set of his No. 2 singles match before storming back to win the set 7-5, leading his match that was left unfinished.
 
David Strassburger and Matt Melosch both led in the second sets of their matches as well when the Sea Lions clinched the overall victory.s
 
Point Loma (12-8 overall) advances to play sixth-seeded Fresno Pacific on Saturday at 9 a.m.