LA MIRADA, Calif. --- Temperatures were high and so was the pressure on a sunny Saturday afternoon at the Biola Tennis Center as Biola Men's Tennis hosted the men from Caltech for the first time in 2016.
 
Caltech came into play with a 2-0 mark and a team that's shown vast improvements across the board since Head Coach Brent Worthington's squad beat them 7-2 last March.
 
"Today was a great team win," said Worthington. "We were down all day but continued to fight and found a way to win against a really good Caltech team."
 
Biola was put in a hole right out of the gate after a tiebreaker win by Caltech at No. 2 doubles allowed the Beavers to lead 2-1 heading into singles play.
 
Lucas Lee and Luke Mountain played great tennis at No. 1 doubles to earn an 8-5 victory over Rushikesh Joshi and Morgan Lebby to salvage the one win for the Eagles in doubles. It was the second doubles win of the season for that pairing.
 
After the Beavers won two of the first three singles matches to finish Worthington's team had its backs against the wall staring at a 2-4 deficit.
 
Philip Westwood, Mountain and David Garcia all managed to take down their opponents in straight-sets to clinch the come-from-behind 5-4 win and improve to 3-4 overall on the season.
 
Garcia's 6-4; 6-2 victory over Andre Liu was the deciding match at No. 6 singles. With the win Garcia pulls to an even 3-3 in singles this season.
 
Biola's other singles win came courtesy Lucas Lee in the No. 1 spot. Lee cruised to a 6-2; 6-1 win and improved his team-leading winning streak to five straight singles wins.
 
The Eagles compete again on Tuesday March 1 as they host Hope International in a return to Golden State Athletic Conference play at 2:00 p.m.