April 2, 2006

Bloomsburg Women's Tennis Tallies 10th Win of the Season

BLOOMSBURG--The Bloomsburg University women's tennis posted its 10th win of the season in a 6-3 victory over New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). With the win, the Huskies move to 10-1 on the year.

The Huskies started out the match winning two of the three doubles matches. Iida Hokkanen (Helsinki, Finland) and Torie Cunningham (Greenlawn, NY/Harborfields) got an 8-6 win at second doubles, third, Lindsey Wyckoff (North Canton, OH/Hoover) and Tracy Nissenbaum (Allentown/Sagemont, FL) got an 8-3 win.

In singles, Cunningham cruised to a 6-0, 6-1 win at fourth singles, while Lauren Colfer (Philadelphia/St. Basil Academy) got a 6-0, 6-1 win at the sixth slot. At third singles, Emily Murphy (Montgomery/ Methacton) won, 6-2, 6-4, while at fifth singles, Wyckoff got a 6-4, 6-4 victory.

The Huskies will host PSAC East-rival Millersville on Tuesday at 3 p.m.

Doubles

1. Doci/Kasem (NJIT) def. Murphy/Melnikova

9-7

2. Hokkanen/Cunningham (BU) def. Sanjai/Salierno

8-6

3. Wyckoff/Tracy Nissenbaum (BU) def. Koike/Solorzana

8-3

Singles

Score

1. Julia Doci (NJIT) def. Iida Hokkanen

6-0, 7-5

2. Fatima Kasem (NJIT) def. Anna Melnikova

6-3, 6-3

3. Emily Murphy (BU) def. Deepti Sanjai

6-2, 6-4

4. Torie Cunningham (BU) def. Eva Salierno

6-0, 6-1

5. Lindsey Wyckoff (BU) def. Chiori Koike

6-4, 6-4

6. Lauren Colfer (BU) def. Rebecca Solorzana

6-1, 6-0