BLOOMSBURG—The Bloomsburg University men's tennis team lost, 5-4, to West Chester on Tuesday in a PSAC (Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference) matchup.
 
Playing singles first the Huskies and Golden Rams were tied at 3-3 with Bloomsburg getting wins at No. 2 from Denis Ikejiri (Santana de Parnaiba/Makenzie Tambori); No. 3 from Will Humphrey (Hemel Hempstead, UK/Parmiters) and at No. 5 from Kyle Christy (Dalton/Tunkhannock).
 
In doubles action West Chester took a 4-3 lead with a win at No. 3 before the Huskies tied the match at 4-4 when Ikeriji and Humphrey picked up a 9-7 win. The deciding match came down to a battle at No. 1 with West Chester pulling out an 8-6 win.
 
Bloomsburg falls to 1-7 overall, 0-3 in the PSAC. The Huskies host Millersville on Thursday at 3:30 p.m.

 

DOUBLES

1.Jared Howat/Cody Leinback (WCU) def. Mike DiSanto (Center Valley/Southern Lehigh)/Brayden Shipman (Mill Hall/Central Mountain), 8-6

2.Denis Ikejiri (Santana de Parnaiba/Makenzie Tambori)/Will Humphrey (Hemel Hempstead, UK/Parmiters) (BU) def. Connor Dunn/Andrew Paterson, 9-7

3.Jimmy Aridas/Lars Kristiansen (WCU) def. Kyle Christy (Dalton/Tunkhannock)/Mortada Stitou (Tangier, Morocco/American School of Tangier), 8-3

SINGLES

1.Howat (WCU) def. DiSanto, 6-2, 6-2

2.Ikeriji (BU) def. Dunn, 6-4, 6-2

3. Humphrey (BU) def. Chaz Irwin, 6-4, 6-3

4. Kristiansen (WCU) def. Shipman, 6-2, 6-2

5. Christy (BU) def. Paterson, 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3

6. JJ Cooke (WCU) def. Stitou, 6-4, 6-4