Men's Tennis | 4/2/2016 5:59:00 PM

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BLOOMSBURG—The Bloomsburg University men's tennis team inched closer to earning a PSAC playoff berth with a 7-2 win over West Chester University on Saturday afternoon at the Burt Reese Tennis Center.
 
Bloomsburg got off to a good start sweeping doubles play. The number two team of Nenyi Micah (Allentown/William Allen) and Gerard Puig (Sabadell, Spain/Juame Viladoms) posted a dominating win by a score of 8-1, while Pablo Herrero (Puerto de la Cruz, Spain/British School Tenerife) and Dhir Gala (Mumbai, India/Mithibaii) won 8-1 at number two. The toughest match of the doubles competition came at number three with the Huskies team of Scott Langenbach (Patchogue, NY/Patchogue-Medford) and Steve Williams (Patchogue, NY/Patchogue-Medford) winning 8-6.
 
In singles the Huskies got their fourth point of the match at number four singles when Gilberto Machado (Puerto de la Cruz, Cananary Islands/International British Yeoward School) posted a 6-2, 6-3 win. After a West Chester win at number two singles made it 4-1, the deciding match point came at number three singles when Gala rallied from down a set to win 4-6, 6-4, 6-1. Bloomsburg closed out the remaining matches by winning two of the final three to post a 7-2 win.
 
The Huskie are now 4-6, 2-2 in the PSAC, taking over second place in the conference. The top four teams qualify for the PSAC playoffs. Bloomsburg will host the BU Duals next Friday and Saturday.