OAHU, Hawaii - The No. 6 seed Point Loma women's tennis team dropped a 5-0 decision to No. 3 seed Grand Canyon in the first round of the Pacific West Conference Tennis Championships on Thursday, Apr. 18.

The loss drops the Sea Lions to 9-15 on the season as the No. 13 nationally ranked 'Lopes improved to 12-4 overall.

Grand Canyon took all three doubles matches to take a 3-0 lead. Then the match turned to singles play where GCU grabbed points on the No. 4 and No. 5 courts by the identical scores of 6-1 and 6-3.

PLNU now moves in to the consolation bracket. The Sea Lions will face No. 7 seed Academy of Art tomorrow starting at 5:30 p.m. (PST)

#13 Grand Canyon 5, Point Loma 0
Singles
1. Priscilla Annoual (GCU-WT) vs. Maika Adair (PLNU-WT) 6-3, unfinished
2. Katharina Mittag (GCU-WT) vs. Hope Penner (PLNU-WT) 4-6, unfinished
3. Justine Majan (GCU-WT) vs. Sharon Reibstein (PLNU-WT) 7-5, unfinished
4. Lana Macukat (GCU-WT) def. Wileen Chiu (PLNU-WT) 6-1, 6-3
5. Fred Van de Velde (GCU-WT) def. Preethika Venugopal (PLNU-WT) 6-1, 6-3
6. Jordan Bridges (GCU-WT) vs. Kirsty Mountain (PLNU-WT) unfinished

Doubles
1. Priscilla Annoual/Justine Majan (GCU-WT) def. Maika Adair/Sharon Reibstein (PLNU-WT) 8-1
2. Katharina Mittag/Lana Macukat (GCU-WT) def. Hope Penner/Preethika Venugopal (PLNU-WT) 8-3
3. Fred Van de Velde/Kaila Knopf (GCU-WT) def. Wileen Chiu/Kiersten Steinhauer (PLNU-WT) 8-3

Match Notes
Point Loma 9-15; Regional ranking #10
Grand Canyon 12-4; National ranking #13; Regional ranking #4