HILTON HEAD, S.C. – The Niagara women’s tennis team found itself down 2-1 and trailing in four matches, but came away with a 5-2 win over Western Carolina in its last matches in South Carolina.

“In my 15 years of coaching, those were some of the best matches I have seen,” head coach Paul Calkins said. “We had to fight and deal with adversity to win those matches.”

Niagara (4-6) lost the double point by losing two of three matches.

Alyssa Lucas (Clarkston, Mich.), Raquel Solis (Puebla, Mexico), Vanja Lakic (Waterloo, Ont.) and Victoria Tiso (Clarence, N.Y.) were in three set matches; all four won the matches.

Tiso had the most dramatic finish. She was down 5-3 in the final set and rallied to win 75.

Niagara returns home for a conference match against Rider on March 8.

Niagara 5, Western Carolina 2

Doubles

Amanda Massey/Ainhoa Iglesias def. Hilary Hansen/Alyssa Lucas 82

Izabella Glinska/Layne Arnold def. Vanja Lakic/Raquel Solis 82

Emma Cunnington/Brittany Walters def. Chelsea Best/Emily Turke 83

Singles

Izabella Glinska def. Hilary Hansen 76 (5) 61

Alyssa Lucas def. Amanda Massey 76 (4) 75

Raquel Solis def. Ainhoa Iglesias 61 36 64

Vanja Lakic def. Chelsea Best 46 62 60

Emma Cunnington def. Layne Arnold 61 63

Victoria Tiso def. Emily Turke 63 16 75