Fresno Pacific steamrolled its way through La Mirada taking down former GSAC rival Biola 8-1 to open up a three-game Southern California road trip. 

The Sunbirds got off to a solid start taking two of the three doubles matches thanks to wins by Brendan Aguilar and Leonardo Urquidi, and Stefan Loop and Teddy Renard. Renard played in his first match as a Sunbird filling in for Michael Tymkiw in doubles and secured the win at No. 3 doubles 8-4.

FPU dominated the singles portion of the match sweeping all six matches and completely shutting out the Eagles at three spots. Loop, Urquidi and Aguilar all scored 6-0, 6-0 wins over their opponents while playing one spot up in the lineup with the absence of Kyle Rowe in singles. Michael Tymkiw wrapped up a tidy 6-3, 6-4 straight-set victory at No. 1 singles, and Daniel Gianopulos took down Greg Cobain 6-2, 6-1 in his first match of the season.

The Sunbirds will continue a road trip down south as they take on #48 Point Loma and #14 UC San Diego this weekend.

Tennis Match Results
Fresno Pacific vs. Biola
02/20/14 at La Mirada, CA

#13 Fresno Pacific 8, Biola 1

Doubles Competition
Isaiah Pekary/Tayven Townsend (BU) def. #2 Kyle Rowe/Thomas Gely (FPU) 8-4
Brendan Aguilar/Leonardo Urquidi (FPU) def. Luke Mountain/Rodric Pence (BU) 8-1
Stefan Loop/Teddy Renard (FPU) def. Brandon Chang/Chris Evans (BU) 8-4
 
Singles:
Michael Tymkiw (FPU) def. Lucas Lee (BU) 6-3, 6-4
Thomas Gely (FPU) def. Isaiah Pekary (BU) 6-0, 6-1
Brendan Aguilar (FPU) def. Tayven Townsend (BU) 6-0, 6-0
Leonardo Urquidi (FPU) def. Brandon Chang (BU) 6-0, 6-0
Stefan Loop (FPU) def. Rodric Pence (BU) 6-0, 6-0
Daniel Gianopulos (FPU) def. Greg Cobain (BU) 6-2, 6-1

Match Notes:
Biola 2-4
Fresno Pacific 5-1; National ranking #13; Regional ranking #3
T-3:23  A-32