The Niagara doubles team played tough albeit in a losing effort. The first two doubles matches were close, but the most competitive was the match between Vanja Lakic (Waterloo, Ont.) and Brittany Walters (Buffalo, N.Y.) versus Binghamton’s Danyelle Shapiro and Lauren Bates. The Bears won 8-4.

The Purple Eagles lone win came in the Lucas match. After dropping the first set to Marina Bykovskaye, the freshman won the second set in a tie breaker and won a marathon third set, 13-11.

Niagara will compete in the Cornell Winter Invitational next weekend starting on Jan. 30.    

Doubles

Jillian Santos/Yulia Smirnova (BU) def. Hilary Hansen/Alyssa Lucas (NU) 8-2

Yagmur Gone/Marina Bykovskaye (BU) def. Raquel Solis/Emma Cunnington (NU) 8-3

Danyelle Shapiro/Lauren Bates (BU) def. Vanja Lakic/Brittany Walters (NU) 8-4

Singles

Jillian Santos (BU) def. Hilary Hansen (NU) 6-2, 6-4

Lauren Bates (BU) def. Raquel Solis (NU) 6-1, 6-0

Yulia Smirnova (BU) def. Vanja Lakic (NU) 6-0, 6-2

Alyssa Lucas (NU) def. Marina Bykovskaye (BU)  3-6, 7-5, 13-11

Danyelle Shapiro (BU) def. Emma Cunnington (NU) 6-2, 6-2

Yagmur Gone (BU) def. Victoria Tiso (NU) 6-1, 6-0