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Men's Tennis Falls in South Carolina

BLOOMSBURG—The Bloomsburg University men's tennis team fell to Northern Kentucky, 5-4, Monday in Hilton Head, SC.

The Huskies, 2-4, took two of the three doubles matches getting wins from the team of Aleks Kalezic (Belgrade, Yugoslavia) and Brian Bogus (Conroe, TX/Oak Ridge), 8-3, at number two, while Kurt Caster (Montoursville/Williamsport) and Mark Farnsworth (Audubon/Methacton) won 9-8 (5) at number three.

In singles, Mike McGrath (Media/Penncrest) dropped two tight sets falling to 6-4, 6-4 while Kalezic fell, 6-4, 7-6 (5) at number two. Bogus cruised to a 4-0 lead in the first set before Northern Kentucky's Mereh Pauloh came back to win the match, 5-7, 6-3, (10-8). At number four singles the Huskies picked up their first singles win of the day from Mark Vellek (Sioux Falls, SD/Washington) who cruised to a 6-2, 6-2 victory. Kurt Caster battled back in a hard fought match at number five to overcome Billy Hopkins, 4-6, 7-6(2), (10-6). Brendan Miller (New Providence/Lampeter-Strasburg) fell, 6-2, 6-3, at number six.

Bloomsburg--4 Northern Kentucky--5

March 8, 2004		at Hilton Head, SC
	Singles	Score
1st	Amin Benjelloun (NKU) def. Mike McGrath	6-4, 6-4
2nd	Oliver Morinkov (NKU) def. Aleks Kalezic	6-4, 7-6 (5)
3rd	Mereh Paurleh (NKU) def. Brian Bogus	5-7, 6-3, (10-8)
4th	Mark Vellek (BU) def. Nick Herzog	6-2, 6-1
5th	Kurt Caster (BU) def. Billy Hopkins	4-6, 7-6(2), (10-6)
6th	Ted Walkup (NKU) def. Brendan Miller	6-2, 6-3
	Doubles
1st	Benjelloun/Hopkins (NKU) def. McGrath/Vellek	8-5
2nd	Kalezic/Bogus (BU) def. Morinkov/Herzog	8-3
3rd	Caster/Mark Farnsworth (BU) def. Wolkup/Moler	9-8 (5)