WHITTIER, Calif. --- Biola's Tyler Jung and Weston Leopold pulled out a victory at No. 1 Doubles to open the match, but the Eagles could not pull out a number of other close matches, falling 8-1 to Whittier College in the season opener for Biola.

The Eagles drop to 0-1 on the season with the loss.

Jung and Leopold played well to start the match and pulled out a hard-fought 8-6 victory. The other two doubles matches were also close. At No. 2, Colin Snow and Dan Westman were edged out by a 9-7 score and at No. 3 doubles, Nicholas Lazar and Ryan Adams suffered a tough 8-6 defeat.

Riding a slight advantage after the doubles portion, the Poets cruised to the dual victory by sweeping the singles events. Snow gave Whittier's No. 1 player Sean Robertson a tough go of things in the first match. After dropping the first set 7-5, Snow rallied back and won the second 6-3 to force a tiebreaker. However, Robertson prevailed in the extra set, winning 10-7.

The Eagles return to the courts on Saturday (Feb. 14), opening GSAC play at Concordia University. First serve is slated for 11:00 a.m.


WHITTIER COLLEGE 8, BIOLA UNIVERSITY 1

Doubles
1. Jung/Leopold (BU) def. Delong/Robertson (WC) 8-6
2. Franey/Carregha (WC) def. Snow/Westman (BU) 8-6
3. Sun/Smith (WC) def. Lazar/Worthington (BU) 8-6

Singles
1. Sean Robertson (WC) def. Colin Snow (BU) 7-5, 3-6, 10-8
2. Justin DeLong (WC) def. Tyler Jung (BU) 7-5, 6-1
3. Patricio Carregha (WC) def. Weston Leopold (BU) 6-2, 7-5
4. Lance Franey (WC) def. Dan Westman (BU) 6-0, 6-1
5. Gavin Smith (WC) def. Nick Lazar (BU) 6-1, 6-3
6. Frank Sun (WC) def. Ryan Adams (BU) 6-0, 6-1