AMHERST – The Niagara men's tennis team fell 6-1 to Big 4 rival Buffalo on Friday night at the Miller Tennis Center.

Inaki Belloso provided the Purple Eagles' (2-3) lone point in the match, pulling out a three-set win for his fifth win of the season.  

UB (6-3) won the doubles point by edging NU in No. 1 and 2 doubles.  Belloso and Michael Elortegui lost 6-4 to Jonathan Hannestad and Sergio Arevalillo in No. 1 doubles, while Olivier Dufour-Coursol and David Raymond were clipped by Tony Miller and Damien David, 7-5.

Two of the six singles matches went into three sets with Belloso outlasting Hannestad, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 in three singles. Raymond won the first set against Amar Hromic, 7-6, before falling 6-4 and 10-5 in the super breaker.

NU will be back on the court on Sunday to take on the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.

Buffalo 6, Niagara University 1 
 Singles competition
1. David, Damien (UB) def. Dufour-Coursol, O. (NIA) 4-3, retired
2. Ionescu, Sebastian (UB) def. Elortegui, Michael (NIA) 6-2, 6-2
3. Belloso, Inaki (NIA) def. Hannestad, Jonathan (UB) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
4. Hromic, Amar (UB) def. Raymond, David (NIA) 7-6, 4-6, 10-5
5. Mehta, Akhhil (UB) def. Nadeau, Francis (NIA) 6-1, 6-1
6. Miller, Tony (UB) def. Ispas, Rares (NIA) 6-0, 6-4
 
 Doubles competition
1. Hannestad, Jonathan/Arevalillo, Sergio (UB) def. Belloso, Inaki/Elortegui, Michael (NIA) 6-4
2. David, Damien/Miller, Tony (UB) def. Dufour-Coursol, O./Raymond, David (NIA) 7-5
3. Mehta, Akhhil/Hajdu-Andersson, N. (UB) def. Nadeau, Francis/Ispas, Rares (NIA) 6-1