LA MIRADA, Calif.  – In the first of three men's tennis matches they will play on their spring break trip through southern California, the George Fox University Bruins dropped a 6-3 decision to the Biola University Eagles, a member of the NAIA, Saturday afternoon here at the Biola Tennis Center.

George Fox picked up a doubles win at No. 3 as Justin McClain and Pax Magaway doubled up the Eagles' Daniel Westman and Isaiah Pekary 8-4, but the home team took a 2-1 lead with wins at the other two spots.  Weston Leopold and Brent Worthington downed Scott Barnett and Preston Mann 8-3 at No. 1, and David Mossman and Ryan Adams edged Peter Brown and Josiah Jackson 8-6 at No. 2. 

The Bruins notched singles wins at No. 1 as Barnett knocked off Leopold 6-4, 6-1, and at No. 3 with McClain splitting with Worthington before winning 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.  The Eagles secured the match with wins at No. 2, Mossman overpowering Mann 6-1, 6-1; at No. 4, Westman beating Brown 6-2, 6-4; at No. 5, Adams topping Jackson 7-6 (10-8), 1-6, 7-5; and at No. 6 as Pekary picked off Magaway 6-1, 6-1.

NEXT: George Fox (5-4) will play twice on Monday, against Willamette University at 10:00 a.m. at Biola, and then again at 4:00 p.m. against Hope International University on the courts at California State University-Fullerton.  The Willamette match is a makeup of the Northwest Conference match that was rained out at George Fox on March 4 ... Biola (4-8) plays Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. at Vanguard University.