(SAN DIEGO) PLNU Women's Tennis is Florida bound.
 
No. 2 seed Point Loma defeated No. 3 seed Hawai'i Pacific, 4-3, in the NCAA West Regional on Monday afternoon to advance to the NCAA Finals for the first time in program history.
 
Making its fourth straight regional appearance, PLNU picked up its first ever regional victory and did so in dramatic fashion, coming back from a 1-3 deficit to punch its ticket to the NCAA Finals as one of 16 teams who will compete for the national championship.
 
Pushed to the brink, the Sea Lions won the final three singles matches to finish, with Arianna Audelo's three-set triumph on Court No. 2 sealing the historic victory.
 

FLORIDA BOUND 🌴

PLNU Women's Tennis advances to the @NCAADII Finals for the first time in program history after a 4-3 West Regional win over Hawai'i Pacific.#GoSeaLions pic.twitter.com/RPX62IhRDs

— PLNU Sea Lions (@PLNUSeaLions) May 13, 2025

 
HPU took an early lead in the match by claiming the doubles point, despite Emely Valencia's and Anna Pallencaoe's 6-3 win at No. 3 with back-to-back breaks helping the PLNU duo take the final four games of their set.
 
Audelo and Quin Brady (No. 1), as well as Alina Kupfer and Antonia Barth (No. 2), nearly pulled off impressive comebacks on their respective courts, signaling a sign of things to come.
 
PLNU's No. 1 duo trailed 1-4 before making it 3-4. Trailing 0-40 in that game, the Sea Lions forced a deuce point on strong serving from Audelo before the Sharks held on to win.
 
Kupfer and Barth were behind 0-5 but stormed back to make it 4-5 with a break of serve, only for HPU to win the next game and take a 1-0 lead in the match.
 
While the Sea Lions were unable to complete a comeback in doubles, their resiliency paid off in singles.
 
Anna Pallencaoe dominated on Court No. 6 to get the hosts on the board with her 6-4, 6-1 win.
 
HPU won at No. 5 and No. 3 to come to within one point of clinching the match, but PLNU had other ideas.
 

Arianna Audelo's singles win on Court No. 2 clinches Point Loma's 4-3 victory over Hawai'i Pacific in the NCAA West Regional.#GoSeaLions pic.twitter.com/XSx7FKUaoB

— PLNU Sea Lions (@PLNUSeaLions) May 13, 2025

 
Brady rolled in her first set at No. 4, 6-1, before winning her third set by that same margin after bouncing back from a second-set loss.
 
Kupfer then leveled the match with her 7-5, 7-6 (7-5) singles victory at No. 1. A break of serve in the first set at 2-2 helped Kupfer overcome an early deficit in the opening stanza, before she won a second-set tiebreak.
 
Kupfer's big serve followed by a forehand winner set up double match point in the tiebreak, which she converted to put all eyes on Court No. 2 to determine the outcome of the match.
 
After dropping the first set 4-6, Audelo stormed back to take the second set 6-3 and force a deciding third stanza, which she opened with a break of serve.
 
Then with the final set tied at 4-4, Audelo broke serve again to go up 5-4. With the next game tied 30-30, the senior held serve by winning the final two points to clinch history for the Sea Lions.
 

🎾 PLNU Women's Tennis picks up its first ever NCAA West Regional victory in program history.

Point Loma now advances to the NCAA Division II Finals in Altamonte Springs, Florida.#GoSeaLions pic.twitter.com/eJzHhGt3Qw

— PLNU Sea Lions (@PLNUSeaLions) May 13, 2025

 
Point Loma (19-4 overall) ties its 2022 team for most wins in the program's NCAA era.
 
PLNU will now compete at the NCAA Finals in Altamonte Springs, Florida, with the tournament taking place May 21-25.
 
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