NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. – The Niagara Purple Eagles collected their second win of the spring season with a 4-1 win over the Colgate Raiders on Sunday.
 
The Purple Eagles rallied to win the doubles points. After falling in three doubles, the No. 2 team of David Raymond and Olivier Dufour-Coursol levelled the match with a 6-2 win. NU clinched the doubles point when the No. 1 duo of Michael Elortegui and Inaki Belloso won their team-best 11th match and third straight by defeating Colgate's Tom Haile and Jacob Daugherty, 6-3.
 
Dufour-Coursol gave the Purple Eagles a 2-0 lead after defeating Alan Pleat  in straight sets, 6-0, 6-3, for his team-best ninth win of the season. Belloso followed with a 6-0, 6-3 win in three singles and Raymond clinched the match with a 6-3, 6-1 win in No. 4 singles.
 
Niagara heads back on the road next weekend to face Duquesne (Feb. 13) and St. Francis (Pa.) (Feb. 15).
 
Niagara University 4, Colgate 1
 
 Singles competition
1. Daugherty, Jacob (COLGM) def. Elortegui, Michael (NIA) 6-1, 5-2, retired
2. Dufour-Coursol, O. (NIA) def. Pleat, Alan (COLGM) 6-0, 6-3
3. Belloso, Inaki (NIA) def. Alter, Bobby (COLGM) 6-0, 6-3
4. Raymond, David (NIA) def. Laub, Nick (COLGM) 6-3, 6-1
5. Ispas, Rares (NIA) vs. Reynolds, Win (COLGM) 6-7, unfinished
6. Nadeau, Francis (NIA) vs. Hirschberg, Jake (COLGM) 5-7, 1-2, unfinished
 
 Doubles competition
1. Elortegui, Michael/Belloso, Inaki (NIA) def. Haile, Tom/Daugherty, Jacob (COLGM) 6-3
2. Raymond, David/Dufour-Coursol, O. (NIA) def. Laub, Nick/Pleat, Alan (COLGM) 6-2
3. Reynolds, Win/Alter, Bobby (COLGM) def. Nadeau, Francis/Ispas, Rares (NIA) 6-1
 
Match Notes:
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (2,3,1,4)