North Tonawanda, N.Y.- The Niagara women's tennis team dropped its first match of the weekend to the visiting Syracuse Orange by a score of 7-0. The junior pairing of Raquel Solis (Puebla, Mexico) and Brittany Walters (Buffalo, N.Y.) put in a strong effort in the second doubles match but were downed by Simone Kalhorn and CC Sardinha of Syracuse, 8-3.

In the top singles match Sardinha was too much for Niagara's Hilary Hansen (Charlottetown, P.E.I.) as she beat Hansen by the score of 6-1, 6-1. Freshman Julia Gray (Halifax, Nova Scotia) put in a strong effort in te final singles matchup but she was beaten by Kalhorn of Syracuse by the score of 6-0, 6-3.

Syracuse University swept both the singles and the doubles points en route to a 7-0 victory over the Purple Eagles.

The Niagara Women's tennis team will return to action on Saturday, Feb. 27th against the visiting Binghamton Bearcats at the sportsplex in North Tonawanda, N.Y.

Doubles

Emily Harman/Chelsea Jones (SU) def. Emma Cunnington/Hilary Hansen (NU) 8-0

Simone Kalhorn/CC Sardinha (SU) def. Raquel Solis/Brittany Walters (NU) 8-3

Singles

CC Sardinha (SU) def. Hilary Hansen (NU) 6-1 6-1

Emily Harman (SU) def. Raquel Solis (NU) 6-0 6-0

Eleanor Peters (SU) def. Emma Cunnington (NU) 6-0 6-0

Alessondra Parra (SU) def. Brittany Walters (NU) 6-1 6-0

Simone Kalhorn (SU) def. Julia Gray NU) 6-0 6-3