Tenth ranked Men's Tennis (3-2, 2-1 GSAC) won back-to-back conference matches this past weekend when they defeated #24 Biola (2-5,1-2) on Saturday by a score of 7-2, and #13 San Diego Christian on Sunday by a score of 5-4.

Against Biola, the Warriors won two out of three doubles matchups and five out of six singles match-ups.

In doubles Joens and Sibbel defeated Mountain and Lee 8-4, playing at number one; Whalen and Mathis overcame Milos Zoric and Westwood 8-3; and Biola's James and Garcia defeated Jordan Strandness and Nightingale 8-2.

In singles, Luke Whalen defeated Lucas Lee 6-1,7-5 playing at number one; Philipp Sibbel defeated Phil Westwood 6-1,6-0 playing at number two; Christian Mathis overcame Derek James in three sets 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 playing at number three; John T. Joens conquered Luke Mountain in three sets 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 playing at number four; David Garcia earned another point for the Eagles when he defeated Tommy Nightingale 6-3,6-4 playing at number five; and Luke Barnard was victorious over Joe Turnquist in a score of 6-3, 6-3.

"I was very pleased with how both our numbers one and two doubles teams played – they really helped set the tone," reflected head coach Mark Basham. "Luke Whalen and Philipp Sibbel performed really well in singles and then Christian and J.T. (John T. Joens) each came back in their singles matches winning in 3 sets. Luke Barnard also played well winning in straight sets. Overall, this was a good win for us against a very solid team"

Against San Diego Christian, the Warriors won one out of three doubles matchups, and then came back and won four out of six singles matches to clinch the overall victory.

In doubles Aliaksandr Meliuk and Alessandro Moriano defeated Sibbel and Joens 8-5 playing at number one; Westmont's Mathis and Whalen conquered Jan-Erik Isermann and Joey River 8-2 playing at number two; and Leonardo Urquidi and Fabian Daniel defeated Austin Lee and Nightingale playing at number three.

In singles the Hawks were victorious at numbers one and two- Urquidi defeated Whalen in three sets 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 and Meliuk defeated Sibbel 7-6, 6-2. The Warriors were triumphant at numbers three, four, five, and six – Mathis conquered Moriano 6-4, 6-4; Joens defeated Isermann 6-0, 7-5; Nightingale overcame Daniel in three sets 0-6, 6-3, 6-4; and Barnard defeated River 6-1, 6-1.

"I couldn't be any happier with our Team's performance today," reflected Mark Basham. "We competed really well the entire day and I knew we would have to be incredibly resilient and mentally tough to win after being down 2-1 after doubles. It was a very long and rewarding day."

Coming up this Friday, the Warriors will travel south to play Azusa Pacific at 1:30 p.m.