BLOOMSBURG - This weekend, the Bloomsburg University men's tennis team played host to five teams in the BU Invitational, with East Stroudsburg University, Ithaca College, University of Mary Washington, University of Scranton and Wilkes University participating. The Huskies went 20-20 on the weekend as Ricky Dove (Port Matilda, State College Area) finished runner up in the “A” Singles bracket while Dove and Mark Schroeder (Basking Ridge, NJ, Ridge) won the “A” Doubles bracket.
 

In the “A” Singles bracket, Dove won his first match over Mary Washington's Will Apperson [6-4, 7-5]. In the second round, Dove lost the first set to UMW's Alex Blakhin before he rallied to win [3-6, 6-4, (10-4)]. Dove went on to play in the championship match, where he lost his first set, and despite dominating the second set, he lost the tiebreaker to UMW's Sam Wichlin [3-6, 6-0, (1-10)] and finished second in the bracket.

In the “A” Doubles draw, Dove and Schroeder scored victories over teams from Wilkes University [8-5] and University of Mary Washington [8-2] to advance to the championship and face Kaz Murata and Brian Hope of UMW. Dove and Schroeder went on to win the match [8-6].

The Huskies men's team will play again at the PSAC Championships for a weekend of tennis action on Oct. 9-10. 

Bloomsburg University Results
"A" Singles
Ricky Dove (Port Matilda, State College Area)
def. Will Apperson	UMW	6-4, 7-5
def. Alex Blakhin	UMW	3-6, 6-4, (10-4)
lost to Sam Wichlin	UMW	3-6, 6-0, (1-10)
Lee Wexler (Lafayette Hill, Plymouth-Whitemarsh)
def. Evan Katz	WU	6-0, 6-2
lost to Sam Wichlin	UMW	0-6, 1-6
def. Will Norris	ESU	6-1, 6-0
Mark Schroeder (Basking Ridge, NJ, Ridge)
def. Will Norris	ESU	6-1, 6-1
lost to Jimmy Newton	IC	3-6, 3-6
"B" Singles
Jack McClurkin (Collegeville, Spring-Ford)
def. Carl Caceres	US	6-4, 6-3
lost to Riley Baver	UMW	2-6, 0-6
def. Mark Covert	ESU	6-1, 3-6, (10-8)
Jeff Nuhfer (Warren, Warren Area)
lost to Eric Caltabiano	UMW	3-6, 6-4, (6-10)
def. Joe Morra	US	5-7, 6-4, (10-6)
Tyler Pultro (New Britain, Central Bucks West)
def. Dakkota Deem	WU	4-6, 6-4, (10-8)
def. Jared Rosenberg	ESU	6-7 (6-8), 6-1, (10-7)
lost to Riley Baver	UMW	0-6, 1-6
"C" Singles
Evan Carney (West Winfield, Mt. Markham)
lost to Mike Pannone	US	6-0, 6-7 (4-7), (3-10)
lost to Dalton Barton	ESU	4-6, 3-6
lost to Clarke Freeman	WU	2-6, 4-6
Kyle Knittle (Bloomsburg, Central Columbia)
def. Clarke Freeman	WU	6-4, 6-2
lost to David Andersen	IC	2-6, 3-6
lost to John Russo	US	4-6, 2-6
"D" Singles
Jon Stewart (Carlisle, Boiling Springs)
lost to Jon Rohrbach	WU	1-6, 2-6
lost to Brian Williams	US	4-6, 6-0, (6-10)
def. Bob Law	US	6-4, 6-1
"A" Doubles
Tyler Pultro (New Britain, Central Bucks West) Lee Wexler (Lafayette Hill, Plymouth-Whitemarsh)
def. Evan Katz/Jeremy Nolt	WU	8-6
lost to Josh Riflin/Jimmy Newton	IC	4-8
lost to David Teres/Tim McGurrin	US	5-8
Ricky Dove (Port Matilda, State College Area) Mark Schroeder (Basking Ridge, NJ, Ridge)
def. Wes McCollum/Clarke Freeman	WU	8-5
def. Sam Wichlin/Alex Blakhin	UMW	8-2
def. Kaz Murata/Brian Hope	UMW	8-6
"B" Doubles
Evan Carney (West Winfield, Mt. Markham) Kyle Knittle (Bloomsburg, Central Columbia)
lost to Dalton Barton/Andrew Makos	ESU	5-8
def. Devin Patel/Bob Law	US	8-1
lost to Jon Rohrbach/Brandon Helfrich	WU	7-9
Jon Stewart (Carlisle, Boiling Springs) Jonathan Russo (Univ. of Scranton)
lost to Ryan Zuckerman/Kyle Riether	IC	6-8
lost to Jon Rohrbach/Brandon Helfrich	WU	6-8
def. Devin Patel/Bob Law	US	9-8 (7-2)
Jack McClurkin (Collegeville, Spring-Ford) Jeff Nuhfer (Warren, Warren Area)
def. Jon Rohrbach/Brandon Helfrich	WU	8-6
def. Bennett Kelly/Mike Pannone	US	8-2
lost to Riley Baver/Kevin Aquino	UMW	5-8
Bloomsburg University	BU
East Stroudsburg University	ESU
Ithaca College	IC
University of Mary Washington	UMW
University of Scranton	US
Wilkes University	WU