Men's and Women's Tennis
2008 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championships
at Bloomsburg Courts - Bloomsburg, Pa.
April 25 - 26, 2008

last updated 04/26/08

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CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — The Kutztown University men’s and women’s tennis teams qualified for the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championships at Bloomsburg Courts as No. 2 seeds.

The tournament semifinals are scheduled for Friday and the Championships are set for Saturday. The women’s final and consolation matches is slated for 9 a.m., while the men’s final and consolation matches will start at 11 a.m.

The KU men’s team (3-7, 3-1 PSAC) is the No. 2 overall seed, behind No. 1-seeded Bloomsburg (13-4, 4-0 PSAC). Millersville (3-8, 2-2 PSAC) and East Stroudsburg (4-9, 1-3 PSAC) round out the four teams competing at the championships.

The Golden Bears will take on Millersville at 3 p.m. Friday. KU won 9-0 in their previous meeting on April 5 at Keystone Courts.

The KU men will be in search of their fifth straight PSAC title and their eighth in their last nine tries.

The KU women’s team (7-6, 4-1 PSAC East) is No. 2 out of the Eastern Division, behind Bloomsburg (9-5, 5-0 PSAC East). California (Pa.) won the Western Division with a record of 4-0. The Vulcans (21-2) are ranked No. 5 in the nation. No. 23 Slippery Rock (18-2, 3-1 PSAC West) is the second seed in the West.

The Golden Bears will match up against California (Pa.) in the first round at 1 p.m. Friday.

PSAC Women's Semifinals
California (Pa.) 7, Kutztown 0

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — The Kutztown University women’s tennis team was swept in its doubles and singles matches and fell 7-0 to No. 5 California (Pa.) Friday in the semifinals of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Tournament.

Inga Chilingaryan and Helena Van Eysendeyk led California (22-2) with a win in the No. 1 doubles match over Rohini Das (so. Kolkata, INDIA) and Barbara Joerns (so. Ludwigshafen, GERMANY). Both players also won their respective singles matches, as Chilingaryan defeated Joerns 6-1, 6-0 in the No. 1 singles and Helena Van Eysendeyk won 6-1, 6-2 over Das in the No. 2 singles.

The Golden Bears (7-7) will meet Bloomsburg in the consolation match at 9 a.m. Saturday. Bloomsburg lost 5-1 to Slippery Rock in the semifinals Friday, and The Rock will take on the Vulcans for the PSAC title.

PSAC Men's Semifinals

Kutztown 5, Millersville 2

BLOOMSBURG- The Kutztown University men's tennis team defeated Millersville University 5-2 Friday afternoon in the semi-finals of the PSAC Tournament.

Reigning PSAC tennis player of the week Arpit Sharma (Kolkata,INDIA) accounted for two of the five wins for KU, as he teamed with Lukas Labitsch (Bruck an der Mur, AUSTRIA) to secure a win in first doubles over Chris Matisse and Drew Slocum of Millersville, 8-6. In second singles, Sharma defeated Slocum 6-3, 6-2.

KU won five of the six singles matches, as Andy Torrealba (Prembrek Pines, FL/Chales Franasan), Bobby Zerwick (Bowers/Kutztown), Nick Gallagher, and Sendhur Gautham (Chennai, INDIA) all picked up victories.

KU's victory now sets up the title match against the host, Bloomsburg University, starting Saturday at 9 a.m. from Bloomsburg Courts. KU last faced off against the Huskies on April 8, dropping the match 1-8.
 

PSAC Women's Consolation
Bloomsburg 5, KU 2

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — The Kutztown University women’s tennis team fell 5-2 to Bloomsburg in the consolation match of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championships Saturday.

Rohini Das (so. Kolkata, INDIA) and Barbara Joerns (so. Ludwigshafen, GERMANY) teamed up to win the No. 1 doubles match 8-4 over Torie Cunningham and Alison Carney, but Bloomsburg (12-6) won the No. 2 and 3 doubles matches.

Das collected the only win in the singles competition for KU (7-8), defeating Cunningham 6-1, 6-1 in the No. 2 spot.

California (Pa.) defeated Slippery Rock 5-0 for the PSAC title.

PSAC Men's Final

Bloomsburg 5, KU 1

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — Bloomsburg won three singles matches and two doubles matches to end the Kutztown University men’s tennis team’s run of conference titles with a 5-1 win Saturday at the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championships.

2008 PSAC Runner-ups

Lukas Labitsch (jr. Bruck an der Mur, AUSTRIA) and Arpit Sharma (so. Kolkata, INDIA) picked up KU’s only win with an 8-5 defeat of Dan Gal and Mitch Zenaty in the No. 1 doubles match.

Gal bounced back to defeat Labitsch in the No. 1 singles match, 6-2, 6-1.

Andrew Torrealba (so. Pembrek Pines, Fla./Chales Franasan) and Sendhur Gautham (sr. Chennai, INDIA) fell 8-3 in the No. 2 doubles to Ryan Chow and Daniel Phillips.

Robert Zerwick (fr. Bowers/Kutztown) and Nick Gallagher (jr. King of Prussia/Upper Merion) lost in the No. 3 doubles, dropping an 8-2 decision.

KU (4-8) had won the last four PSAC titles and seven of the last eight before Bloomsburg (14-5) picked up its 21st title.

PSAC Women's Semifinals
California 7, Kutztown 0
Doubles
1. Inga Chilingaryan/Helena Van Eysendeyk (Cal) def. Barbara Joerns/Rohini Das (KU); 8-0
2. Olga Alekseeva/Galina Vishnikina (Cal) def. Tess Wright/Kaeley McCabe (KU), 8-2
3. Marina Quintana/Nina Kowalski (Cal) def. Sabrina Arnaud/Kristen Struble (KU), 8-1
Singles
1. Van Eysendeyk (Cal) def. Joerns, 6-1, 6-0
2. Chilingaryan (Cal) def. Das, 6-1, 6-2
3. Alekseeva (Cal) leading Arnaud, 6-4, DNF
4. Quintana (Cal) def. Wright, 6-0, 6-0
5. Kowalski (Cal) leading Struble, 6-1, 5-0, DNF
6. Vishnikina (Cal) def. McCabe, 6-1, 6-0

PSAC Men's Semifinals

Kutztown 5, Millersville 2

Doubles
1.Lukas Labitsch/Arpit Sharma (KU) def. Chris Matisse/Drew Slocum, 8-6
2.Andy Torrealba/Sendhur Gautham (KU) def. Dustin Speicher/Mark Treires, 8-3
3.Marty Makowski/Corbin Holland (MU) def. Bobby Zerwick/Nick Gallagher, 8-6
Singles
1.Chris Matisse (MU) def. Lukas Labitsch, 5-1, default
2.Arpit Sharma (KU) def. Drew Slocum, 6-3, 6-2
3.Andy Torrealba (KU) DNF Marty Makowski, 7-5 (KU), 2-2
4.Bobby Zerwick (KU) DNF Mark Treires, 6-4 (KU), 0-2
5.Nick Gallagher (KU) def. Dustin Speicher, 6-2, 6-1
6.Sendhur Gautham (KU) def. Corbin Holland, 6-2, 6-2

PSAC Women's Consolation
Bloomsburg 5, Kutztown 2
Doubles 
1. Barbara Joerns/Rohini Das (KU) def. Torie Cunningham/Alison Carney (BU), 8-4 
2. Katie Hasyn/Brittani Weeks (BU) def. Tess Wright/Kaeley McCabe (KU), 9-8 (4) 
3. Laura Sullivan/Andrea Malatesta (BU) def. Sabrina Arnaud/Kristen Struble (KU), 8-4 
Singles 
1. Hasyn (BU) leading Joerns, 7-6, 5-5 
2. Das (KU) def. Cunningham, 6-1, 6-1 
3. Carney (BU) def. Arnaud, 6-4, 7-5 
4. Weeks (BU) def. Wright, 6-0, 6-1 
5. Sullivan DNF Struble, 7-5, 6-6 (2-7) 
6. Malatesta (BU) def. McCabe, 6-4, 6-3 

PSAC Men's Final
Bloomsburg 5, Kutztown 1
Doubles: 
1. Lukas Labitsch/Arpit Sharma (KU) def. Dan Gal/Mitch Zenaty (BU), 8-5 
2.Ryan Chow/Daniel Phillips (BU) def. Andy Torrealba/Sendhur Gautham (KU), 8-3 
3.Mitch Zenaty/Jeff Nuhfer (BU) def. Bobby Zerwick/Nick Gallagher (KU), 8-2 
Singles: 
1.Dan Gal (BU) def. Lukas Labitsch, 6-2, 6-1 
2.Fernando Perez (BU) DNF Arpit Sharma (KU), 6-3, 2-1 
3.Ryan Chow (BU) def. Andy Torrealba (KU), 6-2, 6-2 
4.Mitch Zenaty (BU) DNF Bobby Zerwick (KU), 6-4, 4-2 
5.Jeff Nuhfer (BU) DNF Nick Gallagher (KU), 1-6, 4-4 
6.Dan Phillips (BU) def. Sendhur Gautham (KU), 6-2, 6-3