[Tournament central]

PACWEST CHAMPIONSHIPS:
The Point Loma men's and women's tennis teams will head to Hawaii in search of the first Pacific West Conference titles in school history. The tournament is set up as a double elimination, eight-team bracket which will run from opening rounds on Thursday to the championship matches on Saturday. The men's team received the No. 6 seed in the draw and will face No. 3 Fresno Pacific on Thursday, Apr. 18 at 11:30 a.m. The Sea Lion women are also the No. 6 seed in their bracket and will face No. 3 Grand Canyon on Thursday at 3:30 p.m.

FOLLOW ALONG:
Matches at the PacWest Championship will be available for fans to track through live stats. Fans can access the game through the Sea Lions' website at www.plnusealions.com and clicking on the corresponding links on the right side of the page or directly at http://www.goseawarriors.com/sports/2013/4/10/Conf.%20Tennis%20Champs.aspx?id=82.

THE DRAW:
The men's draw will feature seven teams. Hawaii Pacific is the No. 1 seed after going 16-4 on the season. Azusa Pacific, who is the No. 2 seed, will enter the championships undefeated at 20-0. Fresno Pacific, PLNU's first round opponent, is 14-6 on the year. Grand Canyon is the No. 5 seed and will face No. 4 BYU-Hawaii in the first round. Hawaii Hilo rounds out the bracket as the No. 7 seed.

On the women's side Hawaii Pacific grabbed the top seed after going 12-1 on the season. BYU-Hawaii is the No. 2 seed. BYUH has won 12 straight matches and finished the regular season with a 21-1 record. Others seeds include Grand Canyon at No. 3, Fresno Pacific at No. 4, Azusa Pacific at No. 5, Academy of Art at No. 6 and Dominican at No. 8.

A LOOK AT THE PLNU MEN:
The Sea Lions will enter the PacWest Championships with a 7-15 record and looking to snap a four-game losing skid. Last time out they barely missed upsetting undefeated Vanguard (22-0) as they lost two out of three doubles and fell in the match 5-4. This season PLNU has gone 1-6 against PacWest opponents in match play. They have dropped two matches apiece to Fresno Pacific and Azusa Pacific. The Sea Lions win was a 9-0 sweep of Hawaii Hilo.

Kaptan Kaster leads Point Loma with an 11-10 record in singles play. Daniel Milliken also has 11 victories in singles play. Brooks Baldinger, who has played the No. 1 singles spot in 16 times this season, is 7-12 on the season. Bram Kevelaerts has been the top doubles player with a 10-11 mark.

A LOOK AT THE PLNU WOMEN:
PLNU has alternated wins and losses over its last six matches to enter the PacWest Championships with a 9-14 record. In their last match the Sea Lions defeated Vanguard 8-1. This season Point Loma went 2-5 against PacWest foes with wins against Academy of Art (6-3) and Hawaii Hilo (9-0).

Senior Wileen Chiu and junior Sharon Reibstein have the best records in singles play for PLNU. Reibstein is 13-7 on the season and Chiu is 13-9 after winning four of her last five matches. No. 1 singles player Maika Adair has posted a 10-12 in the top spot. She has won three straight and four of her last five. Fellow senior Kiersten Steinhauer has the best doubles record for the women with an 11-8 mark.