(ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla.) The year of firsts continues for PLNU Women's Tennis.
 
In its first ever NCAA Championships appearance, No. 8 seed Point Loma defeated No. 9 seed Augustana 4-1 on Wednesday morning for its first win at the national championships in program history.
 
That comes after the Sea Lions won the PacWest Conference title and were victorious in the NCAA West Regional for the very first time.
 

Sea Lions take an early lead 💯

Emely Valencia/Anna Pallencaoe (6-3) and Arianna Audelo/Quin Brady (7-5) win their doubles matches to give Point Loma a 1-0 lead over Augustana in the NCAA Championships.#GoSeaLions pic.twitter.com/HEDnSsQvA2

— PLNU Sea Lions (@PLNUSeaLions) May 21, 2025

 
PLNU won the doubles point with victories on Courts No. 3 and No. 1, beginning with Emely Valencia's and Anna Pallencaoe's 6-3 victory at No. 3.
 
Arianna Audelo and Quin Brady then clinched the doubles point with their 7-5 victory at No. 1.

With the set tied at 5-5, the ninth-ranked doubles pairing in the nation broke Augustana's serve before holding its own serve to put PLNU up 1-0 in the match.
 
Pallencaoe (No. 6), Brady (No. 4) and Audelo (No. 2) then carried that doubles momentum into singles, winning their individual matches to clinch Point Loma's first ever win at the NCAA Championships.
 

🎾 MOVIN' ON

Point Loma advances to the quarterfinals at the NCAA Championships for the first time in program history with a 4-1 win over Augustana.#GoSeaLions pic.twitter.com/eEg5Q1TaHN

— PLNU Sea Lions (@PLNUSeaLions) May 21, 2025

 
Augustana briefly tied the match at 1-1 before Pallencaoe put the Sea Lions back in front with her straight-set victory at No. 6, winning 6-3, 6-3.
 
Brady also won in straight sets at No. 4 with her 6-3, 7-5 victory. Leading 4-3 in the first set, she won the final two games to take the opening stanza. She then overcame an early 1-2 deficit in the second set to get PLNU to within one singles victory of clinching the match.
 

Arianna the Clincher 🎾

Point Loma wins its first ever match at the NCAA #D2WTEN Championships thanks to Arianna Audelo's No. 2 singles victory (6-2, 2-6, 6-1).#GoSeaLions pic.twitter.com/GO6nC6PYHM

— PLNU Sea Lions (@PLNUSeaLions) May 21, 2025

 
Audelo, just as she did in the NCAA West Regional against Hawai'i Pacific, proved to be the match-winner with her three-set victory at No. 2, winning 6-2, 2-6, 6-1. The senior dominated in the first set before overcoming a second-set deficit to roll past her opponent in set three, winning the first game and never looking back.

With the win, PLNU sets a new NCAA-era program record for wins in a single season with 20.
 

2⃣0⃣ WINS 🎾

PLNU Women's Tennis sets a new NCAA-era program record for most wins in a single season.#GoSeaLions pic.twitter.com/oGlia6mndu

— PLNU Sea Lions (@PLNUSeaLions) May 21, 2025

Point Loma (20-4 overall) will now take on No. 1 overall seed Barry (23-1) in the quarterfinals on Thursday at 6 a.m. PST / 9 a.m. EST. Barry finished as national runner-up last season after winning the previous six national championships.
 

Big points for @PLNUSeaLions , getting the early win here on Wednesday morning.#D2WTEN | #Makeityours pic.twitter.com/fS36cx0VN6

— NCAA Division II (@NCAADII) May 21, 2025

 
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