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Huskies Advance to Championship of NCAA Division II East Regional Men's Tennis Championships

BLOOMSBURG—The Bloomsburg University men's tennis team advanced to the championship match of the NCAA Division II East Regional Championships with a 5-1 victory over Concordia College Friday afternoon.

The Huskies started the match by grabbing a 2-1 lead after the completion of the doubles competition. Bloomsburg got an 8-3 win from the team of Brian Bogus and Kurt Caster and an 8-0 win from Mark Vellek and Brendan Miller at number three. In the number one doubles match, Concordia's team of Huybert Koen and Christian Tiongko pulled out a 9-7 win over the team of Mike McGrath and Aleks Kalezic.

Moving to singles action Bloomsburg picked up three wins to end the match and earn the 5-1 victory. Brian Bogus was a 6-1, 6-4 winner at three singles, while Kurt Caster won at number four, 6-3, 6-4 with Brendan Miller winning at six, 6-0, 6-0.

The Huskies will move on to face Dowling Saturday at 9 a.m. for the East Region Championship. Dowling was 5-2 winner over Mercy in the other semifinal match.

RESULTS
					
DOUBLES
								Score
			
#1	Hubert Koen/Christian Tiongko (CC) def. Mike McGrath/Aleks Kalezic (BU)	9-6
	
#2	Brian Bogus/Kurt Caster (BU) def. Marcello Froes/John Cassas (CC)		8-3
	
#3	Mark Vellek/Brendan Miller (BU) def. Tom Pham/Joshua Schulze (CC)		8-0
	
									
SINGLES						SCORE	
	
#1	Mike McGrath (BU) vs. Cristiano Borrelli (CC)		DNF
	
#2	Aleks Kalezi (BU) vs. Christian Tiongko (CC)		DNF
		
#3	Brian Bogus (BU) def. Marcello Froes (CC)		6-1, 6-4
	
#4	Mark Vellek (BU) vs. John Cassas (CC)		DNF
		
#5	Kurt Caster (BU) def. Tom Pham (CC)		6-3, 6-4
	
#6	Brendan Miller (BU) def. Joshua Schulze (CC)		6-0, 6-0