Tennis Heads To Daemen Wednesday

The Niagara University men's and women's tennis teams will play in their first dual match of the season against the Daemen Wildcats.

First Serve

The Niagara men are coming off from competing at the Rocket Invitational in Toledo, Ohio last weekend.
The doubles team of Josh Wilson and Felipe Fuentes was selected as the doubles MVP. The pair went 2-2 with wins over Case Western and Detroit.
Fuentes and Francis Nadeau also picked up wins in singles play.
The Niagara women has played in one invitational this fall, competing in the UB Invite.
Stella Peisakhova claimed the singles consolation title in the A flight. After falling to Toledo's Sidnay Huck in three sets, Peisakhova bounced back with two wins. She defeated Wright State's Elain Cloern, 1-6, 6-5, 10-7, to advance to the final where she outlasted Toledo's Colleen O'Brien, 6-3, 3-6, 1-0(7).

Across The Net

The Daemen men have played in one dual match this season (a lost to Fairmont State), while the women are 2-5 on the season and 0-3 in East Coast Conference matches.

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