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Bloomsburg Falls to Niagara in Women's Tennis

HAMILTON, NY—The Bloomsburg University women's tennis team fell to Niagara University, 5-2 on Saturday.

Leading the way for the Huskies was Lauren Colfer, winning in singles and doubles. At the third doubles position, Colfer teamed up with Brande Hansteen to get an 8-3 win for Bloomsburg.

Freshmen Emily Murphy also picked up a singles win for the Huskies at the fifth position, defeating her opponent in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2.

At the number one and two singles positions, Iida Hokkanen and Julianne Bramante turned in strong performances, falling 6-2, 6-4 and 6-1, 6-4, respectively.

Bloomsburg will travel to the Arthur Ashe Tennis Center in Philadelphia on Friday, Feb. 27 to take on Drexel.

Niagara 5, Bloomsburg 2

Singles Score

1	Milena Matijevic (N) def. Iida Hokkanen	6-2, 6-4
2	Miriam Al-Shikarchy (N) def. Julianne Bramante	6-1, 6-4
3	Danielle Grenier (N) def. Lindsey Wyckoff	6-2, 6-1
4	Aditi Krishnan (N) def. Brande Hansteen	6-1, 6-2
5	Emily Murphy (B) def. Kendra Daigler	6-3, 6-2
6	Lauren Colfer (B) def. Jacquelyn Cary	6-3, 6-2

Doubles Score

1	Al-Shikarchy/Grenier (N) def. Hokkanen/Murphy	8-4
2	Matijevic/Krishnan (N) def. Bramante/Wyckoff	8-4
3	Colfer/Hansteen (B) def. Cary/Julianne Prokopich	8-3