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(SURPRISE, Ariz.) No. 2 seed PLNU Women's Tennis was points away from repeating as PacWest champions before falling just short of a second straight conference title in a 4-2 defeat to No. 1 seed Azusa Pacific.
 
Point Loma took a 1-0 lead in the match by winning the doubles point, with a pair of 6-3 victories by Perla Conde Vendrell / Alina Kupfer and Melissa Zirkle / Zoe Moley at No. 2 and 3 respectively.
 
After APU won the first two singles matches to finish, Zoe Moley leveled the match at 2-2 with her straight-set, 6-4, 6-1 victory at No. 5.
 

SEA LIONS START STRONG 💪

PLNU Women's Tennis wins the doubles point in @ThePacWest championship against APU with victories at No. 2 (Alina Kupfer/Perla Conde Vendrell) and No. 3 (Melissa Zirkle/Zoe Moley).#GoSeaLions pic.twitter.com/8J5b2vX7Ku

— PLNU Sea Lions (@PLNUSeaLions) April 17, 2026

 
The Cougars then held a 3-2 lead with the singles matches at No. 4 and 6 left to decide the outcome of the match.
 
Both Conde Vendrell (No. 4) and Zirkle (No. 6) bounced back from dropping their first sets to win the second, with Zirkle prevailing in a tiebreak. Each was tied at 5-5 in the final stanza, with the match possibly swinging either way, before APU edged PLNU at the very end.
 
Point Loma (17-4 overall) now awaits its NCAA postseason seeding ahead of the NCAA West Regional next month.