In a match between top-10 men’s tennis teams in the NAIA, sixth-ranked Westmont edged No. 7 Point Loma, 5-4, on Saturday.
Bryan Cox and Rodrigo Schaefer both won singles matches and combined to win at No. 1 doubles. John Bertram got a win at No. 4 singles and the No. 3 doubles team of Lukas Zielen and Joshua Barnard pulled off a victory to help the Warriors (3-3, 2-2 in the GSAC) even their records.
In the women’s match, Tara Yekrang and Alyson Meyer won matches for Westmont in a 7-2 women’s tennis loss at ninth-ranked Point Loma on Saturday.
The Warriors fall to 2-4 overall and 2-3 in the GSAC; Point Loma is 5-2, 4-1.
MEN
#6 Westmont 5, #7 Point Loma Nazarene 4
Singles competition
1. COX, Bryan (WC) def. BOWMAN, Tyler (PLNU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
2. SCHAEFER, Rodrigo (WC) def. DE ANDRADE, Greg (PLNU) 6-3, 6-3
3. ENSLEY, KC (PLNU) def. GORANSON, Tim (WC) 6-3, 6-4
4. BERTRAM, John (WC) def. TAVERA, Diego (PLNU) 6-3, 6-4
5. ZABLAN, Michael (PLNU) def. BARNARD, Joshua (WC) 6-1, 5-7, 6-3
6. RUBIN, Chad (PLNU) def. SZYNDLAR, Nicholas (WC) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
Doubles competition
1. COX, Bryan/SCHAEFER, Rodrigo (WC) def. BOWMAN, Tyler/DE ANDRADE, Greg (PLNU) 9-7
2. ENSLEY, KC/TAVERA, Angel (PLNU) def. GORANSON, Tim/BERTRAM, John (WC) 8-6
3. ZIELEN, Lukas/BARNARD, Joshua (WC) def. TAVERA, Diego/ZABLAN, Michael (PLNU) 8-6
WOMEN
#9 Point Loma Nazarene 7, Westmont 2
Singles
1. PENNER, Hope (PLNU) def. YVANOVICH, Nicci (WC) 6-3, 6-3
2. YEKRANG, Tara (WC) def. STEINHAUER, Kiersten (PLNU) 6-4, 6-3
3. REIBSTEIN, Sharon (PLNU) def. KEACH, Emily (WC) 6-2, 6-0
4. CHIU, Wileen (PLNU) def. STEVENS, Carolyn (WC) 6-0, 6-0
5. MEYER, Alyson (WC) def. VENUGOPAL,Preethinka (PLNU) 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-4)
6. ABAYAN, Katelyn (PLNU) def. MEULENBERG, Sophia (WC) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
1. ADAIR, Maika/REIBSTEIN, Sharon (PLNU) def. YVANOVICH, Nicci/YEKRANG, Tara (WC) 8-2
2. PENNER, Hope/CHIU, Wileen (PLNU) def. STEVENS, Carolyn/MEYER, Alyson (WC) 8-1
3. ABAYAN, Katelyn/VENUGOPAL,Preethinka (PLNU) def. KEACH, Emily/MEULENBERG, Sophia (WC) 8-0
