EDINBORO, Pa. - The Bloomsburg University men's tennis team saw its 2021 season come to an end on Tuesday afternoon as the Huskies dropped a 4-0 decision at Edinboro University in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Semifinals. Bloomsburg concludes its year with a 5-3 overall record while Edinboro improved to 9-4 on the season and advances to the conference championship against Mercyhurst.
The Fighting Scots won the doubles point by claiming victories at #1 and at #3 doubles. Seniors
Nagid Walle (Willemstad, Curacao/Saint Andrew's (Fla.)) and
Robin Luetzig (Hadamar, Germany/Furst Johann Ludwig Schule) dropped a 6-2 decision at #1 while senior
Guille Carranza (Sevilla, Spain/Colegio Calasancio Hispalense) and sophomore
Scott Redmond (Paget, Bermuda/Warwick Academy) fell by a 6-1 score at #3. The #2 doubles match that featured freshman
Ben Clary (Palmyra, Pa./Palmyra Area) and junior
Oliver Wiesemann (Jena, Germany/Deutsche Schule Málaga (Spain)) went unfinished.
Edinboro put the match away with straight-set victories at #2, #3, and #4, with the other three matches going unfinished. Luetzig gave Edinboro's Thibault Dorval a battle at #4, but ultimately dropped a 6-2, 6-4 decision in the decisive match for the Fighting Scots. The three matches that went unfinished were all in, or heading to, a third set.
The Huskies' trip to the conference tournament marks the fifth straight season that Bloomsburg has reached the postseason.
EDINBORO 4, BLOOMSBURG 0
Doubles
1. Takahiro Inoue / Kai Chin Chen (EDIN) defeated
Nagid Walle (Willemstad, Curacao/Saint Andrew's (Fla.)) /
Robin Luetzig (Hadamar, Germany/Furst Johann Ludwig Schule) (BU) - 6-2
2.
Ben Clary (Palmyra, Pa./Palmyra Area) /
Oliver Wiesemann (Jena, Germany/Deutsche Schule Málaga (Spain)) (BU) vs Thibault Dorval / Gustavo Martins (EDIN) - 2-3 (unfinished)
3. Kaio Sacchi / Ruben Acuna (EDIN) defeated
Guille Carranza (Sevilla, Spain/Colegio Calasancio Hispalense) /
Scott Redmond (Paget, Bermuda/Warwick Academy) (BU) - 6-1
Singles
1.
Ben Clary (Palmyra, Pa./Palmyra Area) (BU) vs Takahiro Inoue (EDIN) - 4-6, 6-2, 1-2 (unfinished)
2. Ruben Acuna (EDIN) defeated
Nagid Walle (Willemstad, Curacao/Saint Andrew's (Fla.)) (BU) - 6-2, 6-0
3. Gustavo Martins (EDIN) defeated
Oliver Wiesemann (Jena, Germany/Deutsche Schule Málaga (Spain)) (BU) - 6-0, 6-2
4. Thibault Dorval (EDIN) defeated
Robin Luetzig (Hadamar, Germany/Furst Johann Ludwig Schule) (BU) - 6-2, 6-4
5.
Victor Martinez (Barcelona, Spain/Padre Damian Sagrados Corazones) (BU) vs Kaio Sacchi (EDIN) - 3-6, 6-3 (unfinished)
6.
Scott Redmond (Paget, Bermuda/Warwick Academy) (BU) vs Kai Chin Chen (EDIN) - 6-2, 0-6 (unfinished)