LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. – The Niagara men's tennis cruised to a convincing sweep of the Rider Broncs, 6-0, in its MAAC opener on Friday.

The Purple Eagles (7-5, 1-0 MAAC) won all six singles matches in straight sets, while the doubles point was not played.

Michael Elortegui, Inaki Belloso, David Raymond won their respective matches 6-0, 6-1, in No. 1 -3 singles. Mathieu Lacassee defeated Nick Lubold, 6-1, 6-0 in the four spot, while Joe Smithyman and Matt Bojanowski closed out the wins on the evening.

Niagara will face the Lehigh Mountain Hawks (6-4) on Sunday.

Niagara University 6, Rider University 0
Singles competition
1. Elortegui, Michael (NIA) def. Malfitano, Rollie (RID-M) 6-0, 6-1
2. Belloso, Inaki (NIA) def. Phan, Chanton (RID-M) 6-0, 6-1
3. Raymond, David (NIA) def. Levi, Adam (RID-M) 6-0, 6-1
4. Lacasse, Mathieu (NIA) def. Lubold, Nick (RID-M) 6-1, 6-0
5. Smithyman, Joseph (NIA) def. Begley, Matthew (RID-M) 6-4, 6-2
6. Bojanowski, Matt (NIA) def. Chogllo, Ed (RID-M) 6-0, 6-4

Doubles competition
1. Malfitano, Rollie/Lubold, Nick (RID-M) vs. Elortegui, Michael/Belloso, Inaki (NIA) unfinished
2. Phan, Chanton/Levi, Adam (RID-M) vs. Dufour-Coursol, O./Raymond, David (NIA) unfinished
3. Begley, Matthew/Sweeney, Sean (RID-M) vs. Schwojer, Lorenz/Lacasse, Mathieu (NIA) unfinished