Bloomsburg Falls in PSAC Championship
BLOOMSBURG—The Bloomsburg University men's tennis team fell to Kutztown in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) finals by a score of 5-0. The win gave Kutztown their fourth team championship in five seasons.
Bloomsburg dropped all three doubles matches to fall behind 3-0. After a 20 minute rain delay, Brian Bogus and Dan Gal lost a 9-7 heartbreaker to Kutztown's Radoslaw Hlubinski and Somdeep Appenini at number two doubles. Mike McGrath and Mark Vellek fell 8-2 playing at number one while the duo of Mark Farnsworth and Kevin Wenck lost 8-0 playing at number three.
In singles action, Kutztown won the first two matches to take the championship. Harsh Sharma topped Brian Bogus by a score of 6-4, 6-0 at number two while Dan Gal lost a hard-fought 6-3, 6-4 decision to Hlubinski. Hlubinski was named the tournament's most valuable player for his efforts.
With the win, Kutztown claimed their fifth team championship in school history.
FINAL SCORE: Kutztown 5, Bloomsburg 0
| Doubles | SCORE | |||
| #1 | Mukundan Nandakumar/Harsh Sharma (KU) def. Mike McGrath/Mark Vellek (BU) | 8-2 | ||
| #2 | Radoslaw Hlubinski/Somdeep Appenini (KU) def. Brian Bogus/Dan Gal (BU) | 9-7 | ||
| #3 | Iija Semjonovs/Lukas Beman (KU) def. Mark Farnsworth/Kevin Wenck (BU) | 8-0 | ||
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| Singles | ||||
| 1st | Mike McGrath (BU) vs. Mukundan Nandakumar (KU) | DNF | ||
| 2nd | Harsh Sharma (KU) def Brian Bogus (BU) | 6-4, 6-0 | ||
| 3rd | Radoslaw Hlubinski (KU) def. Dan Gal (BU) | 6-3, 6-4 | ||
| 4th | Mark Vellek (BU) vs. Iija Semjonovs (KU) | DNF | ||
| 5th | Kevin Wenck (BU) vs. Somdeep Appenini (KU) | DNF | ||
| 6th | Mark Farnsworth (BU) vs. Lukas Beman (KU) | DNF |