May 4, 2002
Huskies Advance to NCAA Championship Round in Women's Tennis
BLOOMSBURG, PA- The Bloomsburg University women's tennis team advanced to the NCAA Division II championship round with a 5-0 win over Slippery Rock in the East Regional final on Saturday morning.
Bloomsburg opened play with a sweep of all three doubles matches. Erin Bartsch and Katie Kochera had an 8-4 victory at first doubles to improve their record to 16-6. At second doubles, Beth Fulton and Miranda Campbell posted an 8-5 victory improving to 10-5 on the year. Rounding out doubles play, Julianne Bramante and Larissa Bench won at number three, 8-0, to improve their record to 9-4.
Moving on to singles play, Bramante got a 6-1, 6-2 victory at number four, improving her record to 22-6 and Fulton won her number three match 6-0, 6-0 to end the match.
Bloomsburg improves to 11-7 with the victory, while Slippery Rock falls to 19-5. The Huskies have advanced to the NCAA championship round May 8-12 in Kansas City.
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S TENNIS RESULTS
NCAA East Regional Finals
Slippery Rock University 0
Bloomsburg University 5
Location: Bloomsburg, PA
Date: 5/4/02
| Singles | Score |
1 | Erin Bartsch (BU) vs. Ella Reilly (SRU) | DNF; 6-1, 2-0 |
2 | Katie Kochera (BU) vs. Jessica Bungo (SRU) | DNF; 2-6, 1-0 |
3 | Beth Fulton (BU) def. Kelly Anderson (SRU) | 6-0, 6-0 |
4 | Julianne Bramante (BU) def. Amanda Willoughby (SRU) | 6-1, 6-2 | |
5 | Miranda Campbell (BU) vs. Leslie Noll (SRU) | DNF; 6-1, 4-0 | |
6 | Larissa Bench (BU) vs. Sara Dvorsky (SRU) | DNF; 6-2, 2-1 |
| Doubles |
1 | Bartsch/Kochera (BU) def. Reilly/Anderson (SRU) | 8-4 |
2 | Fulton/Campbell (BU) def. Bungo/Willoughby (SRU) | 8-5 |
3 | Bench/Bramante (BU) def. Noll/Dvorsky (SRU) | 8-0 |
| Bloomsburg record: 11-7 |
| Slippery Rock record: 19-5 |