The Niagara Purple Eagles will welcome the Wright State Raiders for a two mid-week matches. The women will play on Wednesday, March 1 at 11 am at the South Towns Tennis Center and the men will play on Thursday, March 2 at Noon at Village Glen.

First Serve (Women)

• The Purple Eagles are coming off a narrow defeat to Binghamton, 4-3, in their most recent match.
• A trio of Purple Eagles picked up wins in singles action – Sharlee Deshmukh, Ali Hutchinson and Sansriti Ranjan.
• Stella Peisakhova leads the team with six wins in singles.

Across The Net - Wright State Raiders (5-7)

• Wright State is 5-7 on the season and has faced No. 7 Ohio State, Notre Dame and Cincinnati this spring.
• Linsey Verstrepen leads the Raiders with a 13-10 record in singles.
• Their No. 1 doubles team of Taylor Culberston and Tori Turner is 13-8 in all competitions.

First Serve (Men)

• Niagara is in search of its first win since defeating Oberlin College on February 11.
• Four Purple Eagles have at least four singles wins, led by Taylan Ozdemir who is 8-7 in all competitions.

Across The Net – Wright State Raiders (1-8)

• Wright State enters is Western New York trip with a 1-8 record.
• Jacob Perkins leads the team with five singles wins.

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