The Niagara tennis teams are back on the road this week for MAAC contests against Siena  on Friday and Marist on Saturday.

The Niagara men’s team (5-5, 2-1 MAAC) has won three of its last four matches. The Purple Eagles defeated Saint Peter’s, 5-2, in their last match to improve their overall record to 5-5. Three players have at least three singles wins this spring, led by freshman Olivier Dufour-Coursol who is 6-1 in No. 5 singles and 8-2 in his last 10 matches. Niagara’s No.1 doubles tandem – Brandon Gallegos and David Raymond – leads the team with a 5-5 record.

On the women’s side, Niagara (3-9, 0-3 MAAC) has dropped its last six matches with three of them coming by a single point. The Purple Eagles have been solid in singles play at No. 1, 3, and 4: Hilary Hansen is 8-4, Ashley Ta went 4-0 in singles and doubles last weekend and Maria Ortiz leads the team this spring with a 9-3 record.

Niagara’s first opponent this week is against the Siena Saints on Friday at 2:30 p.m. The Siena men are 3-9 and 1-1 in the conference and the women are 5-7 and 1-1 in the MAAC. On Saturday, Niagara will face Marist starting at 10 a.m. The Red Foxes are 6-5 and 2-0 in the conference on the men’s side, while the women’s team is 4-4 and 1-0 in the conference.