WEXFORD, Pa. –The Bloomsburg University women's tennis team lost to 23rd-ranked Slippery Rock on Sunday by a score of 6-2 at the Oxford Athletic Club.

The Rock jumped out to a 3-0 lead after doubles play. At three doubles the Huskies team of Danielle Walsh (Fairfield, CT/St. John The Baptist) and Kristi Twardziak (Somerdale, NJ/Triton Regional ) lost 9-8 (9-7 in the tie-breaker).

In singles play the Huskies Emily Palko (McMurray/Peters Township) picked up a Bloomsburg's win, 6-4, 6-3 at number three, while Danielle Walsh (Fairfield, CT/St. John The Baptist) won at number six singles, 6-0, 6-1. Bloomsburg also ost a tough three-set match at number four when Andrea Malatesta (Berwick/Berwick) lost 6-2,4-6,10-7.

Bloomsburg falls to 3-1 with the loss, while Slippery Rock improves to 5-1.

Slippery Rock 6, Bloomsburg 2

DOUBLES
#1 – Sarah Lynch/Janelle Krantz (SRU) def. Emily Palko (McMurray/Peters Township)/Michelle Perez (Center Valley/Southern Lehigh) 8-6
#2 – Dunja Drmac/Lauren Coggins (SRU) def. Laura Sullivan (Dingman's Ferry/Delaware Valley)/Andrea Malatesta (Berwick/Berwick) 8-4
#3 – Elisabeth Yetiskul/Samantha Bruggeman (SRU) def. Danielle Walsh (Fairfield, CT/St. John The Baptist)/Kristi Twardziak (Somerdale, NJ/Triton Regional ) 9-8 (9-7)

SINGLES
#1 – Lynch (SRU) vs. Perez (BU) did not finish
#2 – Drmac (SRU) def. Sullivan 6-4, 6-1
#3 – Palko (BU) def. Yetiskul 6-4, 6-3
#4 – Krantz (SRU) def. Malatesta 2-6, 6-4, 10-7
#5 – Coggins (SRU) def. Sarah Fisher (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill West) 6-1, 6-3
#6 – Walsh (BU) def. Melissa McCutcheon (Franklin/Rocky Grove HS) 6-0, 6-1