The Niagara men’s tennis team went down to Virginia and Maryland last week to play four teams during its annual spring break trip.

The Purple Eagles (7-6) played George Mason, Hampton, Coppin State and Morgan State.

Niagara began last week’s matches on a five-match skip after starting the season 4-0. NU dropped its first match of the tour to GMU, 4-1, on March 6. Lorenz Schwojer picked up the Purple Eagles’ lone win with a straight set victory.

Niagara jumped back into the winning column the following day by blanking Hampton, 4-0. Niagara won both doubles matches to take the point, and got singles wins from Michael Elortegui, Olivier Dufour-Coursol and Schowjer.

NU won its second straight on March 9 by defeating Coppin State, 5-2. NU won all three doubles matches before going 4-2 in singles matches.  The Purple Eagles concluded their trip by cruising past Morgan State, 5-1, on March 10. Niagara won the doubles point and five of the six singles matches.

The doubles tandem of Elortegui and Mathieu Lacasse went 3-1 in doubles during the trip, including winning three straight. Schwojer went 3-0 in singles and 2-0 in doubles with partner Brandon Gallegos.  Schwojer is on a four-match winning streak in singles. Dufour-Coursol is on a three-match winnings streak and is 7-3 in his last 10 matches.

Niagara returns home to face MAAC foes Siena (March 16) and Loyola (March 17).

George Mason 4, Niagara University 1
Singles competition
1. Dyke, Jordan (GMU) def. Raymond, David (NIA) 7-5, 6-2
2. Davis, Jimmy (GMU) def. Dufour-Coursol, O. (NIA) 6-7 (7-9), 6-3, 10-6
3. Schwojer, Lorenz (NIA) def. Baine, Tanner (GMU) 6-3, 6-2
4. Keaton, Scott (GMU) def. Gallegos, Brandon (NIA) 6-3, 6-4

Doubles competition
1. Sargent, Taylor/Borden, Christopher (GMU) def. Elortegui, Michael/Lacasse, Mathieu (NIA) 8-3

Niagara University 4, Hampton 0
Singles competition
1. Elortegui, Michael (NIA) def. Fludd, Alvin (HAMPTON) 2-6, 6-1, 6-0
2. Wan-Young, Park (HAMPTON) vs. Raymond, David (NIA) 5-7, 4-0, unfinished
3. Dufour-Coursol, O. (NIA) def. Kirtane, Advait (HAMPTON) 6-1, 6-1
4. Schwojer, Lorenz (NIA) def. McQueen, Joshua (HAMPTON) 6-0, 6-0
5. Satchithanathan, L (HAMPTON) vs. Gallegos, Brandon (NIA) 3-6, 2-1, unfinished
6. Drakeford, Henry (HAMPTON) vs. Lacasse, Mathieu (NIA) 4-3, unfinished

Doubles competition
1. Wan-Young, Park/Kirtane, Advait (HAMPTON) vs. Raymond, David/Dufour-Coursol, O. (NIA) unfinished
2. Gallegos, Brandon/Schwojer, Lorenz (NIA) def. Fludd, Alvin/McQueen, Joshua (HAMPTON) 8-2
3. Lacasse, Mathieu/Elortegui, Michael (NIA) def. Greene, Kenneth/Satchithanathan, L (HAMPTON) 8-3

Niagara University 5, Coppin State 2
Singles competition
1. Krylchuk, Oleksly (COPPIN) def. Elortegui, Michael (NIA) 4-6, 6-4, 7-3 (7-3)
2. Dufour-Coursol, O. (NIA) def. Nino, Daniel (COPPIN) 6-0, 6-3
3. Gallegos, Brandon (NIA) def. Thomas, Patrick (COPPIN) 6-3, 6-2
4. Lacasse, Mathieu (NIA) def. Robinson, Reginald (COPPIN) 6-2, 4-6, 6-0
5. Smithyman, Joseph (NIA) def. Peyton, Roderick (COPPIN) 6-4, 6-1
6. Peyton, Tre'vonne (COPPIN) def. Gentile, Joseph (NIA) 6-3, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. Raymond, David/Dufour-Coursol, O. (NIA) def. Krylchuk, Oleksly/Nino, Daniel (COPPIN) 8-6
2. Elortegui, Michael/Lacasse, Mathieu (NIA) def. Peyton, Tre'vonne/Thomas, Patrick (COPPIN) 8-1
3. Gallegos, Brandon/Smithyman, Joseph (NIA) def. Peyton, Roderick/Robinson, Reginald (COPPIN) 8-5

Niagara University 5, Morgan State 1
Singles competition
1. Young Park, Duk (MORGAN) def. Elortegui, Michael (NIA) 6-3, 6-4
2. Raymond, David (NIA) def. Ward, Evan (MORGAN) 6-4, 0-6, 6-3
3. Dufour-Coursol, O. (NIA) def. Borodkin, Dmitriy (MORGAN) 6-3, 6-2
4. Schwojer, Lorenz (NIA) def. Cargill, Ondre (MORGAN) 6-0, 7-5
5. Gallegos, Brandon (NIA) def. Ward, Eric (MORGAN) 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
6. Lacasse, Mathieu (NIA) vs. Tash, Jannick (MORGAN) no result

Doubles competition
1. Young Park, Duk/Ward, Eric (MORGAN) vs. Dufour-Coursol, O./Raymond, David (NIA) 4-4, unfinished
2. Gallegos, Brandon/Schwojer, Lorenz (NIA) def. Ward, Evan/Tash, Jannick (MORGAN) 8-5
3. Elortegui, Michael/Lacasse, Mathieu (NIA) def. Cargill, Ondre/Borodkin, Dmitriy (MORGAN) 8-2