Bloomsburg Men's Tennis Drops Tight Matches Versus Dowling
BLOOMSBURG—The Bloomsburg University men's tennis team dropped a 5-4 decision to Dowling College on Sunday afternoon.
The Huskies came away with one doubles win with the team of Kevin Wenck (Allentown/Parkland) and Mark Farnsworth (Audubon/Methacton) winning 8-1 at number two.
In singles play, Mark Vellek (Sioux Falls, SD/Washington) won a tight fought match at number three winning 7-6(1), 7-5. Farnsworth needed a tiebreaker to win the first set before cruising in the second earning a 7-6(0), 6-3 victory, while Cory Smith (Doylestown/C.B. West) cruised at flight six, 6-1, 6-0. With the match knotted up at four matches a piece, Dan Gal (South Park/South Park) fell in a hard fought three setter losing 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-2 at number two.
The Huskies fall to 8-8 with the loss and will next be in action as they travel to play Bucknell at 4:00 p.m. in their regular season finale on Wednesday.
Dowling 5, Bloomsburg--4
Singles | Score | ||||
1st | Peter Vesolosky (DC) def. Brian Bogus | 6-3, 7-5 | |||
2nd | Gustavo Sanchez (DC) def. Dan Gal | 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-2 | |||
3rd | Mark Vellek (BU) def. Jose Gomez | 7-6(1), 7-5 | |||
4th | William Van Rensburg (DC) def. Kevin Wenck | 6-1, 6-3 | |||
5th | Mark Farnsworth (BU) def. Jake Smith | 7-6(0), 6-3 | |||
6th | Cory Smith (BU) def. C. Bodkyn | 6-1, 6-0 | |||
Doubles | |||||
1st | Vesolosky/Van Rensburg (DC) def. Bogus/Vellek | 8-4 | |||
2nd | Wenck/Farnsworth (BU) def. Smith/Bodkyn | 8-1 | |||
3rd | Sanchez/Gomez (DC) def. Gal/Smith | 8-1 |