Bloomsburg - 2012 PSAC Men's Tennis Champions
Bloomsburg Knocks off Kutztown for PSAC Men's Tennis Title
Men's Tournament Boxes
Bloomsburg, Pa. - Top-seeded Bloomsburg cruised to a 5-0 win over second-seeded Kutztown in the championship match of the PSAC men's tennis tournament to win its first PSAC title since 2008. The win also gives Bloomsburg's its record 22nd PSAC championship and it breaks Kutztown's three-year hold on the title.
The Huskies won all three doubles matches to take the early 3-0 lead. Bloomsburg's No. 4 and No. 5 singles players then cruised to straight set wins to clinch the win for the Huskies. No. 4 Jeff Nuhfer won 6-1, 6-0 while No. 5 Tyler Pultro claimed a 6-3, 6-1 victory.
Earlier in the day, Bloomsburg topped Edinboro in one semifinal, winning the doubles matches by scores of 8-0, 8-0 and 8-2, to advance to the championship match. In the other semifinal, it came right down to the final match as all matches were needed for Kutztown to top Millersville 5-4. Varun Desai's match-clinching three-set win at No. 2 singles proved to be the difference.
Millersville and Edinboro are scheduled to play in Saturday morning's consolation match at 8:00 a.m.
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Host Bloomsburg's Championship Headquarters
Due to impending inclement weather forecasted for this weekend, the schedule for the PSAC Tennis Championships has been altered as of Friday morning. The individual championships, which were postponed from the fall, have now been cancelled. The championship matches are now scheduled for Friday night while the consolation matches are slated for Saturday morning. The revised schedule is below.
Friday, April 20
12:00 p.m. - Women's Semifinal Matches
3:00 p.m. - Men's Semifinal Matches
5:00 p.m. - Tentative start time for Women's Championship Matches
7:00 p.m. - Tentative start time for Men's Championship Matches
Saturday, April 21
8:00 a.m. - Men's and Women's Consolation Matches
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Host Bloomsburg's Championship Headquarters
Both hosts and No. 2 seeds IUP and Kutztown won their quarterfinal matches of the PSAC Women's Tennis Tournament on Tuesday afternoon to advance to the semifinals of the championship. The updated tournament schedule is listed below.
PSAC Women's Tennis Championship
Tuesday, April 17 (Quarterfinals)
Kutztown 5, Millersville 4
IUP 5, Slippery Rock 3
Friday, April 20 (Semifinals)
Kutztown vs. (W1) California, 12:00 p.m.
IUP vs. (E1) Bloomsburg, 12:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 21 (Championship/Consolation)
Kutztown/California vs. IUP/Bloomsburg, 8:00 a.m.
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Host Bloomsburg's Championship Headquarters
Lock Haven, Pa. - The fields have been set for the PSAC team tennis championships, which will be contested next week. The women's tournament begins on Tuesday with a pair of quarterfinal matches on campus sites. Both the men's and women's semifinals will be held on Friday, April 20 at Bloomsburg while the championship matches will on Saturday, April 21 at Bloomsburg.
The PSAC individual tennis championships, which were supposed to held in the fall before being postponed due to flooding in northeastern Pennsylvania, will also be held at Bloomsburg from April 21-22. The individual tournament fields and brackets will be announced next week.
In the men's tournament, No. 1 and host Bloomsburg will take on No. 4 Edinboro is one semifinal while No. 2 Kutztown will face No. 3 Millersville. Millersville and Edinboro prevailed in a tiebreaker to break three-way tie with West Chester. It took all the way to the fifth tiebreaker to break the tie, with sets won in the common matches against each other finally breaking the tie. Edinboro will be making its first appearance in the tournament since its program was reinstated last year. The Fighting Scots last appeared in the PSAC Tournament in 2003, which was the last year of the old tournament format.
In the women's tournament, No. 1 seeds California and Bloomsburg each received a bye into the semifinals as divisional champions. No. 2 IUP and will host No. 3 Slippery Rock in one quarterfinal out of the Western Division while No. 2 Kutztown will host No. 3 Millersville in the other quarterfinal out of the Eastern Division.
PSAC Men's Tennis Championship
Friday, April 20 (Semifinals)
(4) Edinboro vs. (1) Bloomsburg, 3:00 p.m.
(3) Millersville vs. (2) Kutztown, 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 21 (Championship/Consolation)
Edinboro/Bloomsburg vs. Millersville/Kutztown, 10:30 a.m.
PSAC Women's Tennis Championship
Tuesday, April 17 (Quarterfinals)
(E3) Millersville at (E2) Kutztown, 3:30 p.m.
(W3) Slippery Rock at (W2) IUP, 4:00 p.m.
Friday, April 20 (Semifinals)
Millersville/Kutztown vs. (W1) California, 12:00 p.m.
Slippery Rock/IUP vs. (E1) Bloomsburg, 12:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 21 (Championship/Consolation)
Millersville/Kutztown/California vs. Slippery Rock/IUP/Bloomsburg, 8:00 a.m.