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Women's Tennis Falls to Bucknell in Final Regular Season Dual Match

BLOOMSBURG—The Bloomsburg University women's tennis closed out its regular season dual season with a 9-0 loss to Bucknell. With the loss, the Huskies drop to 12-5 on the season.

In doubles Julianne Bramante (Endwell, NY/Union-Endicott) and Lindsey Wyckoff (North Canton, OH/Hoover) fought back from a 6-3 deficit, closing in on Bucknell before falling, 8-6. At third doubles, Lauren Colfer (Philadelphia/St. Basil Academy) and Brande Hansteen (Wyncote/Cheltenham) were defeated, 8-3, while Iida Hokkanen (Helsinki, Finland) and Emily Murphy (Montgomery/Methacton) lost, 8-2.

In singles, Hansteen and Colfer put up strong fights at fifth and sixth singles. Hansteen fell, 6-2, 6-3, while Colfer lost a close first set, 7-5, before losing the second, 6-3.

The Huskies will travel to Shippensburg tomorrow to compete in the 2004 PSAC Championships where they will take on Indiana (PA) in the semifinals on Friday.

	Bucknell—9				
	Bloomsburg—0 				
					
	April 21, 2004		at Bloomsburg 		
					
	Singles			Score	
1st	Veronica Brown (Bucknell) def. Iida Hokkanen 	6-2, ret.	
2nd	Rhea Gaskin (Bucknell) def. Julianne Bramante	6-2, 6-0	
3rd	Nada Curcic (Bucknell) def. Lindsey Wyckoff 	6-1, 6-1	
4th	Tanya Sichko (Bucknell) def. Emily Murphy	6-2, 6-0	
5th	Sam Berthod (Bucknell) def. Brande Hansteen	6-2, 6-3	
6th	Chelsea Mills (Bucknell) def. Lauren Colfer	7-5, 6-3	
					
	Doubles				
1st	Brown/Curcic (Bucknell) def. Hokkanen/Murphy		8-2	
2nd	Sichko/Mills (Bucknell) def. Bramante/Wyckoff		8-6	
3rd	Gaskin/Berthod (Bucknell) def. Colfer/Hansteen	8-3