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PSAC Singles and Doubles Championship Concludes
BLOOMSBURG—The 2004 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Singles and Doubles Championships concluded at Bloomsburg University on Saturday. Kutztown's Mukundan Nandakmur was a dual winner in both singles and doubles while Yvonne Neiderbracht was the women's singles champion. Slippery Rock's team of Jessica Bungo and Ashley Michaux were champions in women's doubles.
In the semifinal round of men's singles, Bloomsburg's Mike McGrath (Media/Penncrest) won a thrilling three set match over teammate Aleks Kalezic (Belgrade/Yugoslavia), 7-6 (5), 4-6, 10-3. Another Bloomsburg player, Brendan Miller (New Providence/Lampeter-Strasburg), fell 6-2, 6-2 versus Kutztown's Mukundan Nandakumar in the other semifinal bracket.
In the men's singles finals, Nandakmur won a hard fought 8-6, 6-3 match over McGrath to take the first annual PSAC men's singles title.
In men's doubles action, Bloomsburg's Kurt Caster (Williamsport/Williamsport) and Brian Bogus (Conroe,TX/Oak Ridge) fell to Kutztown's Nandakumar and Alok Bhide in the championship round, 8-4.
In the women's doubles semifinals, Slippery Rock's Jessica Bungo and Ashley Michaux made quick work of Millersville's Kate Opilo and Morgan Burdette winning 8-1. In the finals, they were 8-4 victors over Indiana's Yvonne Niederbracht and Jackie Kulp who won by default over Shippensburg earlier in the day.
In the finals of women's singles, Niederbracht avenged her doubles loss to Bungo, the top seed, by winning 6-2, 6-4 to win the PSAC crown.
The Bloomsburg men's and women's tennis teams return to action next Friday as the host the East Regional of the NCAA Championships.
