IRVINE, Calif. -- Throughout the past decade, the NAIA's No. 5-ranked Azusa Pacific enjoyed unparalleled success in the Golden State Athletic Conference, notching a 58-match conference record winning streak from 2001 to 2008. The Cougars posted 4 of those victories within that span over the NAIA's No. 6-ranked Concordia, upon the Eagles' return to intercollegiate tennis in 2006.

Concordia took a close 5-4 decision over the Cougars Saturday afternoon, using a pair of set tiebreaker wins along the way to snag the dual match victory. The Eagles now becomes the fourth GSAC team to defeat Azusa Pacific since Fresno Pacific snapped the record winning streak on Apr. 1, 2008, followed by Vanguard last season and California Baptist earlier this year.

Freshman Janosch Apelt and Ronald Chow established Azusa Pacific with a solid start, collecting a 8-4 win at No. 2 doubles. Sophomore Daniel Moore and freshman Jack Zapala dropped a 8-3 loss at No. 3 doubles.

Junior tandem Matthijs Bolsius and Mathias Weber battled to a 8-8 tie at No. 1 doubles, before relinquishing the match with a 9-7 result in the tiebreaker. Concordia took a 2-1 dual match advantage into singles play.

Bolsius, Apelt, and Weber collected half of the singles matches for the Cougars, but the Eagles broke through for 3 victories of their own, good enough for a 5-4 dual match victory.

With the loss, Azusa Pacific drops to 6-7 overall, 5-3 in GSAC, its first sub-.500 record since a season-opening loss to UCLA in the 2005 season. Concordia improves to 9-2, 6-1 in GSAC.

SINGLES
1. Matthijs Bolsuis (APU) def. Andrey Potapkin (CUI); 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
2. Janosch Apelt (APU) def. Augusto Ellis (CUI); 0-6, 6-4, 6-3
3. Kareem Berdai (CUI) def. Daniel Moore (APU); 7-5, 6-7 (2-7), 6-2
4. Mathias Weber (APU) def. Bruno Santarelli (CUI); 6-3, 6-1
5. Oliver Fabre (CUI) def. Ronald Chow (APU); 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
6. Tom Young (CUI) def. Danny Colten (APU); 6-1, 6-1

DOUBLES
1. Fabre/Potapkin (CUI) def. Bolsius/Weber (APU); 9-8 (9-7)
2. Apelt/Chow (APU) def. Ellis/Santarelli (CUI); 8-4
3. Ryan McNamara/Young (CUI) def. Jack Zapala/Moore (APU); 8-3