NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y.- The Niagara women's tennis team dropped its home contest on saturday afternoon to the visiting Binghamton Bearcats, 7-0. The top doubles pairing of Hilary Hansen (Charlottetown, P.E.I.) and Alyssa Lucas (Clarkston, Mich.) were defeated by Lauren Bates and Jillian Santos of Binghamton in a close match, 8-3.

 In singles action, Raquel Solis (Puebla, Mexico) put in a strong effort but was beat by Yulia Smirnova of Binghamton 6-2, 6-1. In the top pairing for singles Hansen was downed by bates by the score of 6-0, 6- 3.

Binghamton swept both the double and single points for the day as they downed Niagara 7-0.

The women's tennis team will return to the courts on March 5th against the visiting Bucknell Bison at the Sportsplex in North Tonawanda, N.Y.

SINGLES RESULTS

1. Lauren Bates (BING) def. Hillary Hansen (NIAGARA) 6-0, 6-3

2. Yulia Smirnova (BING) def. Raquel Solis (NIAGARA) 6-2, 6-1

3. Jillian Santos (BING) def. Emily Cunningham (NIAGARA) 6-2, 6-0

4. Anna Edelman (BING) def. Brittany Walters (NIAGARA) 6-0, 6-0

5. Emma Leibowicz (BING) def. Julia Gray (NIAGARA) 6-1, 6-0

DOUBLES RESULTS

1. Bates & Santos (BING) def. Hansen & Lucas (NIA) 8-3

2. Edelman & Bykovskaya (BING) def. Solis & Walters (NIA) 8-1

3. Smirnova & Leibowicz (BING) def. Cunningham & Gray (NIA) 8-0