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April 15, 2004

Women’s Tennis Sweeps Doubles To Get Past Shippensburg

BLOOMSBURG—The Bloomsburg University women's tennis team wrapped up its regular-season conference play with a 7-2 win over Shippensburg on Thursday. With the win, the Huskies move to 10-4, overall, and 6-0 in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC).

In doubles action the team of Lauren Colfer (Philadelphia/St. Basil Academy) and Brande Hansteen (Wyncote/Cheltenham at third doubles, and Julianne Bramante (Endwell, NY/Union-Endicott) and

Lindsey Wyckoff (North Canton, OH/Hoover) at second, breezed to 8-2, and 8-0 wins, respectively. At first doubles, the freshmen tandem of Iida Hokkanen (Helsinki, Finland) and Emily Murphy (Montgomery/Methacton) fell in a tiebreaker, losing 9-8 (7-4) to Shippensburg.

In singles, the Huskies won five of six matches to clinch the win. Murphy cruised to a 6-0, 6-0 win at fourth singles, while at three, Wyckoff got a 6-1, 6-2 win. At five and six, Hansteen and Colfer got 6-3, 6-3 and 6-2, 6-1 wins, respectively. At first singles, Hokkanen rebounded after losing the first set in a tiebreaker to win 6-3 in the second and 10-6 in the third set-replacing tiebreaker.

The Huskies will play two dual matches this Saturday, taking on Georgian Court at 10:00 a.m. and playing NJIT immediately following the first match.

Bloomsburg--7
Shippensburg--2 

        April 15, 2004                at Shippensburg

           Singles                                          Score
1st        Iida Hokkanen (BU) def. Lina Pavilionyte         6-7 (4), 6-3, 10-6
2nd        Jenn Longmire (SU) def. Julianne Bramante        7-5, 7-5
3rd        Lindsey Wyckoff (BU) def. Amanda Fenn            6-1, 6-2
4th        Emily Murphy (BU) def. Danielle Kennedy          6-0, 6-0
5th        Brande Hansteen (BU) def. Melinda Meiser         6-3, 6-3
6th        Lauren Colfer (BU) def. Nicole Perugini          6-2, 6-1


            Doubles
1st        Pavilionyte/Longmire (SU) def. Hokkanen/Murphy        9-8 (4)
2nd        Bramante/Wyckoff (BU) def. Bollinger/Kennedy          8-0
3rd        Colfer/Hansteen (BU) def. Meiser/Perugini             8-2