LA MIRADA, Calif. --- Biola Men's Tennis finished off its final Golden State Athletic Conference regular season match at the Biola Tennis Center on Friday. The Eagles competed against No. 7 Arizona Christian and came up just short in a match that ran nearly five hours.
 
The Eagles gave the Firestorm, who's undefeated in conference play this year, absolutely all they could handle in a 6-3 loss on Senior Day.
 
It was the final home match for Biola's seniors and the second-to-last match of the regular season. The Eagles conclude regular season play at Concordia-Irvine next week.
 
The match began with doubles, where ACU staked a 2-1 advantage for itself. Luke Mountain and Philip Westwood combined for the 8-5 victory in the No. 2 spot to keep the Eagles right in the thick of the match.
 
The No. 1 doubles matchup was quite the battle as the two sets of men battled back in forth in a match that ended separated by just two games. It was the second loss in a row for Lucas Lee and Derek James, who have tied with Westwood and Mountain this season for the most wins by any one doubles pairing.
 
Singles were just as tight as Biola kept the pressure on one of the top teams in the country and pressed hard for a chance to knock them off the pedestal of undefeated conference play.
 
Biola got wins from Derek James (6-3; 6-2), who was playing No. 2 singles for the first time in his collegiate career, and Westwood (3-6; 6-2; 6-4), who was playing No. 3. It was James' 13^th singles win of the season and Westwood's 10^th. They are two of three Eagles with double-digit victories (David Garcia – 11).
 
ACU clinched the match by winning three straight-set matches at No. 1, No. 4 and No. 6, but Joe Turnquist kept things interesting by taking his match into a super tiebreaker before losing at No. 5.
 
Biola becomes 8-12 (2-6 GSAC) while Arizona Christian improves to 12-11 (6-0 GSAC). The Eagles travel to Irvine for their match at CUI next Saturday and then complete their season by competing at the GSAC Tournament at Indian Wells April 18-20.