Bloomsburg to Play Kutztown for PSAC Title
BLOOMSBURG--Bloomsburg University will play Kutztown University on Saturday for the 2008 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) men's tennis championship after both teams won semi-final matches on Friday. The Huskies beat East Stroudsburg by a score of 5-1, while Kutztown beat Millersville by a 5-2 score.
In the Huskies match Dan Gal (South Park/South Park) was a two-time winner for the Huskies as he teamed with Mitch Zenaty (Fairport, NY/Fairport) to win at number one doubles 8-1, then picked up a 6-0, 6-1 win at number one singles. Daniel Phillips (Colchester, England) was also a two-time winner picking up a win at number two doubles and number four singles.
For Kutztown, Arpit Sharma was one of two, two-time winners picking up wins at number one doubles and number singles.
The Huskies and Golden Bears will play for the title at 9 a.m. on Saturday at the Bloomsburg University courts.
Bloomsburg 5, East Stroudsburg 1
| Doubles: |
| 1.Dan Gal/Mitch Zenaty (BU) def. Jeff Kurz/Jared Howat, 8-1 |
| 2.Ryan Chow/Daniel Phillips (BU) def. Rob Mikolon/Julian Taibi, 8-1 |
| 3. Ryan Baxter/Will Norris (ESU) def. Ryan Glubo/Alan Hummel, 8-6 |
| Singles: |
| 1.Dan Gal (BU) def. Kyle Doebler, 6-0, 6-1 |
| 2.Fernando Perez (BU) DNF Jeff Kurz, 6-3 (BU), 2-1 |
| 3.Jeff Nufher (BU) def.Jared Howat, 6-2, 6-1 |
| 4.Daniel Phillips (BU) def.Will Norris, 6-3, 6-0 |
| 5.Jason Nolt (BU) DNF Julian Taibi, 6-4 (BU), 4-1 |
| 6.Geoff Whitely (BU) DNF Rob Mikolon, 4-6 (ESU) |
Kutztown 5, Millersville 2
| Doubles: |
| 1.Lukas Labitsch/Arpit Sharma (KU) def. Chris Matisse/Drew Slocum, 8-6 |
| 2.Andy Torrealba/Sendhur Gautham (KU) def. Dustin Speicher/Mark Treires, 8-3 |
| 3.Marty Makowski/Corbin Holland (MU) def. Bobby Zerwick/Nick Gallagher, 8-6 |
| Singles: |
| 1.Chris Matisse (MU) def. Lukas Labitsch, 5-1, default |
| 2.Arpit Sharma (KU) def. Drew Slocum, 6-3, 6-2 |
| 3.Andy Torrealba (KU) DNF Marty Makowski, 7-5 (KU), 2-2 |
| 4.Bobby Zerwick (KU) DNF Mark Treires, 6-4 (KU), 0-2 |
| 5.Nick Gallagher (KU) def. Dustin Speicher, 6-2, 6-1 |
| 6.Sendhur Gautham (KU) def. Corbin Holland, 6-2, 6-2 |