SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Blaine Mengert and Sullivan Roche earned a convincing 8-3 victory at No. 3 doubles, but it would be the only point the Sonoma State men's tennis team could muster in a 5-1 loss to No. 23 Concordia-Irvine in the consolation semifinal on Friday at the PacWest Men's Tennis Championships in Surprise, Ariz. 

The Seawolves (3-13) will now play for seventh place in the conference when they take on Point Loma Saturday at 9:00 am.

When the fifth point was scored by Concordia-Irvine (13-8), both Mitchel Heckmann and Mengert were on their way to a singles victory, as Heckmann led 6-4, 4-2 and Mengert was one game from notching his win as he led 6-1, 6-6 (5-1) in the second-set tiebreaker.  However, CUI's Sten Boersma knocked off Alec Wong at No. 2 to clinch the match for the Eagles.

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#23 Concordia 5, Sonoma State 1
Apr 21, 2017 at Surprise, AZ (Surprise Tennis & Racquet Complex)

Singles competition
1. Till Guttenberger (CUI) vs. Max Nudell (SSU) 7-5, 4-2, unfinished
2. Sten Boersma (CUI) def. Alec Wong (SSU) 6-4, 6-4
3. Erik Witzlinger (CUI) vs. Mitchel Heckmann (SSU) 4-6, 2-4, unfinished
4. Daniel Reddmann (CUI) def. Sullivan Roche (SSU) 6-0, retired
5. Man Hon Ko (CUI) vs. Blaine Mengert (SSU) 1-6, 6-6 (1-5), unfinished
6. Thijs Hagen (CUI) def. Nicky Valdecanas (SSU) 6-2, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. #23 Till Guttenberger/Daniel Reddmann (CUI) def. Max Nudell/Alec Wong (SSU) 8-4
2. Sten Boersma/Erik Witzlinger (CUI) def. Kevin To/Mitchel Heckmann (SSU) 8-6
3. Blaine Mengert/Sullivan Roche (SSU) def. Man Hon Ko/Otto Heinz (CUI) 8-3

Match Notes
Sonoma State 3-13; Regional ranking #9
Concordia 13-8; National ranking #23; Regional ranking #6
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (4,6,2)
PacWest Conference Championship Consolation Match
Official: Vicky Berrettini T-3:05 A-25