IUP came up short in its bid for the first women's tennis championship in school history, losing to California 5-0 in the title match Friday at Bloomsburg.

The Crimson Hawks had their nine-match winning streak snapped and are 19-6 on the season. IUP will be back in action in the NCAA Atlantic Regional tournament beginning May 1 and will learn next week whether it will host one of the two subregional tournaments.

The Vulcans are 19-7 and won the conference championship for the fifth straight season. California won all three doubles matches and got singles victories from Axelle Fernandez over Kelly McBryan (Grove City/Grove City) and Laurie Navarro over Alex Ballard (Akron, Ohio/St. Vincent-St. Mary) at No. 5 and 6 to clinch the match.

Singles
No. 1 - Anna Pieschl (Cal) led Katie Eaton (Halesowen, United Kingdom/Haybridge) 6-0, 3-0 (DNF)
No. 2 - Jade Pondicas (Cal) led Tabtip Louhabanjong (Krabi, Thailand/West Anchorage (AK)) 5-2 (DNF)
No. 3 - Franziska Steinhardt (Cal) led Emilia Osborne (Leighton Buzzard, United Kingdom/Cedars ) 6-4, 1-0 (DNF)
No. 4 - Anastassiya Zherdeva (Cal) led Ranvita Mahto (Burlington, ON/Robert Bateman) 6-2, 0-1 (DNF)
No. 5 - Axelle Fernandez (Cal) d. Kelly McBryan (Grove City/Grove City) 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 - Laurie Navarro (Cal) d. Alex Ballard (Akron, Ohio/St. Vincent-St. Mary) 6-2, 6-1

Doubles
No. 1 - Pieschl/Pondicas (Cal) d. Eaton/Louhabanjong 8-2
No. 2 - Zherdeva/Fernandez (Cal) d. Mahto/McBryan 8-3
No. 3 - Steinhardt/Navarro (Cal) d. Osborne/Ballard 8-1