EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. – The Bloomsburg women's tennis team clinched the top seed on the East in the upcoming Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Tournament with a dominant 6-1 win over East Stroudsburg Wednesday afternoon. The Huskies improved to 12-2 on the year and remain a perfect 5-0 in conference play while the Warriors drop to 16-6 and 4-1 in conference play.
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The Huskies opened the match with the doubles point as
Alyssa Mazurek (McAdoo, PA/Hazleton Area) and
Jen McDonald (Melbourne, Australia/Brentwood Secondary College) won 6-0 at No. 3 doubles and
Lia-Sophie Seele (Mülheim, NRW, Germany/Luisenschule) and
Dasha Nakonechna (Spain/IOC) picked up at 6-4 win at No. 2 doubles. ESU won 6-4 at No. 1 doubles.
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East Stroudsburg tied the match at 1-1 with a 6-1, 6-0 win at No. 1 singles but it was all Bloomsburg from there on out.
Nicole Ilkovic (Langhorne, Pa./Neshaminy High School) gave the Huskies a 2-1 match lead with a 6-1, 6-0 win at No. 2 singles and
Lily Sierka () pushed the Bloomsburg lead to 3-1 with a 6-3, 6-1 win at No. 6 singles.
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McDonald earned her second win of the day, this time the match- and top-seed-clinching 6-3, 6-4 win at No. 3 singles. Seele held on for a 7-5 win in the first set at No. 4 singles and closed out her match with a 6-1 win to give Bloomsburg a 5-1 lead.
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Nakonechna dropped the first set 6-2 at No. 5 singles but rebounded for a 6-1, 6-1 final two sets to close out the match for the Huskies.
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Bloomsburg wraps up the regular season at Shippensburg on Saturday in a 1:00 p.m. match on the road. The Huskies have a bye through the quarterfinals and will take on the winner of the West's quarterfinal match up at Burt Reese Tennis Center Friday, May 2 at 10:00 a.m.
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