OLEAN, N.Y. – The Niagara men’s tennis team edged Little 3 rival St. Bonaventure, 4-3, on Tuesday to extend its win streak to four matches.

“Patrick (Letson) and I are happy about how far the team has come,” head coach Anthony Nguyen said. The team is playing really well right now.” 

NU (10-6) had to battle its way to victory in a tough road contest against SBU (2-14). The Purple Eagles won the first two doubles match to earn the point when David Lemieux-Sarrasin and Olivier Dufour-Coursol won in No. 3 doubles, 8-2, and Brandon Gallegos and David Raymond defeated Bona’s Oscar Yanez and Luis Guevara, 8-3, in No. 1 doubles.

The teams would alternate singles through the first four matches. Lorenz Schwojer won his sixth straight match with a convincing 6-1, 6-1 win over Javier Ortiz in No. 5 singles and Gallegos won his match in three sets. Niagara was up 3-2 when Lemieux-Sarrasin clinched the match for the Purple and White with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Trevor Haskell.

"Winning the doubles point was huge for us," Nguyen said. "Brandon winning his match in three sets was a huge morale boost for the team and helped David (Lemieux-Sarrasin) to clinch the match. I give St. Bonaventure credit. They played well and they made us work for it."

The Purple Eagles have now won five of their last six matches heading into their regular-season finale at Rider on Saturday, April 14 at Noon.

Singles competition
1. Yanez, Oscar (SBU) def. Zelic, Joseph (NIA) 6-4, 6-1
2. Guevara, Luis (SBU) def. Raymond, David (NIA) 5-7, 6-3, 7-5
3. Gallegos, Brandon (NIA) def. Fanshel, Elliot (SBU) 6-7 (7-9), 6-3, 6-4
4. Suarez, Miguel (SBU) def. Dufour Coursol, O. (NIA) 7-5, 6-3
5. Schwojer, Lorenz (NIA) def. Ortiz, Javier (SBU) 6-1, 6-1
6. Lemieux-Sarrasin, D. (NIA) def. Haskell, Trevor (SBU) 6-4, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. Raymond, David/Gallegos, Brandon (NIA) def. Yanez, Oscar/Guevara, Luis (SBU) 8-3
2. Ortiz, Javier/Fanshel, Elliot (SBU) def. Schwojer, Lorenz/Lacasse, Mathieu (NIA) 8-7 (8-6)
3. Dufour Coursol, O./Lemieux-Sarrasin, D. (NIA) def. Haskell, Trevor/Suarez, Miguel (SBU) 8-2

Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (1,4,5,3,6,2)