(IRVINE, Calif.) PLNU Men's Tennis played on Friday in the NCAA West Regional for the third straight year, but the third time was not the charm for the Sea Lions, as third-seeded Point Loma had its season end at the hands of second-seeded Concordia, 4-1.
 
PLNU nearly took the doubles point, which was decided on Court No. 2, before CUI took a 1-0 lead in the match.
 
Niclas Goltz and Nabeel Khan won at No. 3, breaking their opponents' serve twice to lead 4-1 before winning 6-3.
 
David Fisinger and Andrew Suver broke serve to go up 5-3 before CUI battled back to tie it 5-5. Suver then won all four points on his serve to put PLNU's No. 2 pairing ahead, 6-5. Suver charged the net for a winner to put the Sea Lions up 0-30 in the next game, and they would've had triple set point at 15-40 if it weren't for an overturned line call that went against Point Loma.
 
Concordia then went on to win in a tiebreak to claim the doubles point.
 
Alexander Leischner got PLNU on the board with a dominant victory at No. 1 singles, winning 6-3, 6-1.
 
Had the doubles point gone the Sea Lions' way, PLNU would've still had a chance late in the match, as David Fisinger was battling in a third set at No. 4 and Nabeel Khan was leading on Court No. 6.
 
Back-to-back service breaks for Fisinger allowed the freshman to overcome a first-set loss and win the second, forcing a third and final stanza.
 
Khan's big serve clinched him the first set in his singles match before his second set was left unfinished when Concordia clinched the team victory.
 
Point Loma (13-7 overall) made three straight NCAA West Regional appearances for the first time in program history.