FRESNO, CA – No. 2 Fresno Pacific responded to its first loss of the season by shutting out Biola 9-0 on Saturday afternoon at the Haak Tennis Center.

The Sunbirds (12-1, 9-1 GSAC) have a half match lead for first place over Cal Baptist in the GSAC standings.

Fresno Pacific suffered its first loss this season against the Lancers on Thursday in Riverside.

Sunbird junior Alex Gonzalez remained perfect on the season in singles play with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Daniel Westman at No. 3 singles.  Gonzalez' singles record stands at 10-0.  He is also 9-0 in doubles action with Vicente Joli.

The Sunbirds look to continue its winning ways at No. 6 Concordia on March 25th.  First serve is scheduled for 12:00pm.

Box Score:

March 21, 2009

Haak Tennis Center

Fresno, CA

No. 2 Fresno Pacific def. Biola 9-0

Doubles:

Alex Gonzalez/Vicente Joli (FPU) def. Weston Leopold/Collin Snow 8-0

Jose Hilla/Fabio Silva (FPU) def. Daniel Westman/Brent Worthington 8-0

Nicolas Ernst/James Harris (FPU) def. Ryan Adams/Nicolas Lazar 8-2

Fresno Pacific led 3-0 after doubles – Order of finish: 1, 2, 3

Singles:

Fabio Silva (FPU) def. Collin Snow 6-3, 6-1

Vicente Joli (FPU) def. Weston Leopold 6-1, 6-2

Alex Gonzalez (FPU) def. Daniel Westman 6-0, 6-0

Marco Foelz (FPU) def. Brent Worthington 6-1, 6-2

Maxime Adam (FPU) def. Ryan Adams 6-1, 6-1

Nicolas Ernst (FPU) def. Brendan Smith 6-0, 6-0

*Denotes clinching match – Order of finish: 3, 5*, 1, 6, 2, 4

Records: Fresno Pacific (12-1, 9-1 GSAC)

               Biola (2-10, 0-8 GSAC)