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Bloomsburg blanks West Virginia Wesleyan, 5-0, to earn berth in finals

Second-seeded Bloomsburg (15-5) will play the winner of Friday's second semifinal (#1 Slippery Rock vs. #5 Indiana, Pa.) in the regional final match at 12 noon Saturday

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Kristen Bonito and Andrea Malatesta won their respective singles matches and played on a winning doubles team Friday afternoon and led second-seeded Bloomsburg to a 5-0 win over third-seeded West Virginia Wesleyan in semifinal action of the NCAA Division II Atlantic 2 Regional women's tennis tournament.

Bonito won a 6-2, 6-2 decision in the No. 5 singles match, while Malatesta reigned by 6-01, 6-0 scores in the No. 6 singles match.

In doubles action, Bonito and partner Katie Hasyn won a 9-7 decision in the No. 2 match while Malatesta and Laura Sullivan teamed up for an 8-2 in the No. 3 match.

The other Bloomsburg point came via an 8-5 win by the tandem of Emily Palko and Alison Carney in the No. 1 doubles match.

Bloomsburg (15-5) will play the winner of Friday's second semifinal match between top-seeded Slippery Rock and fifth-seeded Indiana (Pa.) in the regional final Saturday.

The winner of that match earns a berth in the national Round of 16 competition next week in Altamonte Springs, Fla.

Complete results of Friday's Bloomsburg-West Virginia Wesleyan match included:

DOUBLES
#1 – Emily Palko/Alison Carney (BU) def. Nicole Andreini/Marcella Torres (WVWC) 8-5
#2 Katie Hasyn/Kristen Bonito (BU) def. Olga Demina/Maisa Shigematsu (WVWC) 9-7
#3 – Laura Sullivan/Andrea Malatesta (BU) def. Carolina Pinheiro/Samantha Coral (WVWC) 8-2

SINGLES
#1 – Katie Hasyn (BU vs. Nicole Andreini (WVWC) did not finish
#2 – Laura Sullivan (BU) vs. Marcella Torres (WVWC) did not finish
#3 – Emily Palko (BU) vs. Samantha Coral (WVWC) did not finish
#4 – Alison Carney (BU vs. Olga Demina (WVWC) did not finish
#5 – Kristen Bonito (BU) def. Maria Shigematsu (WVWC) 6-2, 6-2
#6 – Andrea Malatesta (BU) def. Liona Yamamoto (WVWC) 6-1, 6-0
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