SURPRISE, Ariz. – The Cougars beat No. 34 Concordia-Irvine 5-1 in the first round of the consolation bracket of the PacWest tournament. Azusa Pacific plays again tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. against the seventh seed Sonoma State University for the first time this season.
 
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In today's matchup against the Eagles, the Cougars swept doubles as starting with Natalie Johnson and Lisa Schneider defeating their opponents 8-3 at the No. 1 position. Valeriia Kashina and Jackie Resler recorded an 8-6 win at the No. 2 spot. Kara Hinton and Tatiana Betancourt won big 9-7 at the No. 3 spot to conclude doubles and helping the Cougars take a 3-0 lead over the Eagles. 
 
Betancourt retired 3-2 at the No. 6 spot to record the Cougars only loss in today's match. Schneider came out victorious 6-0, 6-2 at the No. 2 slot followed by teammate Kashina winning 6-2, 6-1 at the No. 3 position clinching the match for the Cougars.
 
With Kashina clinching the match the Cougars Johnson, Hinton and Resler's matches went unfinished. Hinton was up one set 7-5, 1-2 when her match was called, Resler was in the middle of coming back in the second set after dropping her first 4-6, 5-3. Johnson faced No. 41 Anastasiia Kuprina winning the first set, trailing the second set 6-3, 0-3.