Men: Kutztown 7, Bloomsburg 2 (HTML Box Score)
 
Women: Bloomsburg 9, Kutztown 0 (HTML Box Score)
 
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. – The Kutztown University men's tennis team remained undefeated and atop the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) with a 7-2 road victory at Bloomsburg University on Tuesday afternoon. The Golden Bear women dropped a 9-0 final.
 
The Golden Bears (10-2, 4-0 PSAC) moved to 4-0 in the PSAC as the only undefeated team in the conference. They have clinched their place in the PSAC Tournament along with Edinboro and Mercyhurst.
 
Despite the women's loss, Kutztown (8-5, 3-1 PSAC East) remains in the hunt for a postseason berth. Bloomsburg (8-4, 6-0) clinched the Eastern title on Tuesday, but KU needs to win just one of its final two PSAC matches to clinch a place in the tournament. KU still has to play West Chester (5-9, 2-1) and East Stroudsburg (7-5, 2-3).
 
For the men, Kutztown won two of the three doubles matches to take an opening 2-1 lead. Rushi Amin (Orefield, PA/Lake Brantley) and Varun Desai (Mumbai, India/K.C. College) moved to 12-1 at No. 1 doubles this season with a 8-3 victory. Ken Beebe (Landenberg, Pa./Kennett) and Ben Nace (Spring Grove, Pa./Delone Catholic) earned a 8-4 win at No. 3 doubles, as a KU loss at the second flight of doubles rounded out the opening doubles matches.
 
At the top two flights of singles, Amin and Desai earned straight set wins for the Golden Bears. Amin took a 6-1, 6-2 win, as Desai won by a 6-3, 6-2 final. Bloomsburg's only singles win as a tiebreaker at No. 3 singles over KU's Matthew Maguire. He dropped a close first set, 7-5, but rebounded with a dominant 6-2 win to force the tiebreaker. Unfortunately for Maguire, he fell 10-4 to give the Huskies the win.
 
The remaining three Golden Bears all won in straight sets. Patricio Hernandez (Mexico City, Mexico/Colegio Vista Hermosa) won 6-2, 6-3 at No. 4 singles, Rich Lichtenwalner (Allentown, Pa./Parkland) won a pair of 6-1 scores at No. 5 singles, and Ben Nace (Spring Grove, Pa./Delone Catholic) rounded out Kutztown's day with a 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 6 singles.
 
Even though the KU women were not able to pick up a win, they remained close with the Huskies in numerous matches. Hannah Pipkin (Landisville, Pa./Hempfield), Chelsea Davis (Spring City, Pa./Spring-Ford) and Erika Diffendall (Mountville, Pa./Lancaster Catholic) all forced tiebreaking sets with game-two victories.
 
The Golden Bears return to action tomorrow, Wednesday, April 9, at the Keystone Courts to take on West Chester University beginning at 2 p.m.