SANTA BARBARA, Calif. --- Biola Men's Tennis made it a clean 2-for-2 for the Eagles on Friday as they shutout the hosting Westmont Warriors up in beautiful Santa Barbara.
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Biola dropped one doubles match, but won the doubles point and all six singles matches en route to a 7-0 victory. It was coach Goodman's squad's second-consecutive 7-0 victory and fourth shutout win of the 2022 season.
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It was a return to Westmont for Biola's
Callen Hein, who spent last year with the Warriors before transferring to La Mirada this season. Hein paired with
Isaac Cordova to win 6-2 in doubles and then took No. 4 singles in straight sets (6-1, 6-1) for a triumphant day.
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No. 3 doubles helped Biola secure the doubles point as
Ian Nieh and
Andres Meneses combined for a decisive 6-0 victory. It was the first time this season for both those pairings to play together.
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The Eagles showed why they've now won five-straight matches by flexing their muscle in singles competition. It was straight-set wins up and down the lineup to lift the Eagles to the speedy 7-0 victory.
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Hein's 6-1, 6-1 win set the tone, but Meneses at no. 5 and
Ashton Heynes at no. 6 also had consistent dominant efforts equating to a pair of 6-4, 6-4 wins. Hein moved to 4-0 in singles and Meneses stayed undefeated at 2-0.
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Cordova needed a tiebreaker to win a closely-contested first set, but other than that it was free-and-easy for he,
Alexei Prokopchuk and
Alex Sedeno to sweep the top-3 spots. Sedeno improved to 7-0 for the year, while Prokopchuk notched his team-high ninth win (and moved to 2-0 at No. 1).
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The win helps the Eagles improve to 8-2 overall. Next up is a 2 p.m. home match against Michigan Tech (0-2) on Tuesday.
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