Huskies Beat NJIT in Women's Tennis
BLOOMSBURG—The Bloomsburg University women's tennis team shut out New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) in singles to get an 8-1 win on Sunday afternoon. With the win, the Huskies improve to 9-5 on the season and remain at 5-0 in the PSAC
In doubles, Lauren Colfer (Philadelphia/St. Basil Academy) and Emily Murphy (Montgomery/ Methacton) got an 8-2 win at second, while at third, Jaclyn Kelly (Havertown/Haverford) and Tracy Nissenbaum (Allentown/Sagemont, FL) won by default. At first doubles, the team of Iida Hokkanen (Helsinki, Finland) and Emily Pratt (New Hope/New Hope-Solebury) overcame a 6-3 deficit to taking a 7-6 lead, but fell
9-7.
Hokkanen got a 6-3, 6-3 win at first singles, while at second, Torie Cunningham (Greenlawn, NY/Harborfields) got a 6-2, 6-2 win. At third singles, Lindsey Wyckoff (North Canton, OH/Hoover)
won in a third-set replacing super tiebraker, 6-0, 4-6, 1-0 (10-3). At fourth singles, Kim Harvey (Jamesport, NY/Riverhead) got a 6-1, 6-2 win, while at fifth, Nissenbaum blanked her opponent, 6-0, 6-0. Kelly got a forfeit at sixth singles for the Huskies.
The Huskies will be back in action on Wednesday, when they host PSAC-rival Kutztown at 3:00 p.m.
Bloomsburg—8 NJIT--1
Singles | Score | ||||
1st | Iida Hokkanen (BU) def. Ftaima Kasem | 6-3, 6-3 | |||
2nd | Torie Cunningham (BU) def. Chiori Koike | 6-2, 6-2 | |||
3rd | Lindsey Wyckoff (BU) def. Deepti Sanjai | 6-0, 4-6, 10-3 | |||
4th | Kim Harvey (BU) def. Rebecca Solorzamo | 6-1, 6-2 | |||
5th | Tracy Nissenbaum (BU) def. Grace Bogdan | 6-0, 6-0 | |||
6th | Jaclyn Kelly won by forfeit | ||||
Doubles | |||||
1st | Kasem/Koike (NJIT) def. Hokkanen/Pratt | 9-7 | |||
2nd | Colfer/Murphy (BU) def. Solozano/Sanjai | 8-2 | |||
3rd | Kelly/Nissenbaum won by forfeit | 8-1 |