The Purple Eagles will play at the Big East's St. John's on Friday before opening their MAAC schedule on Sunday against the Saint Peter's Peacocks.

First Serve
·         Niagara is a on three-match skid and is in search of its first win since topping Colgate, 4-1, on Feb. 8.
·         The Purple Eagles have been idle since March 6.
·         This will be the second straight season the Purple Eagles and Red Storm will meet.

Across The Net
·         The Red Storm (4-6) have lost four straight matches heading into matches against Cornell and Binghamton (March 20).
·         The Peacocks are 5-9 on the season and 1-1 in conference.

Match Points
·         NU fell to No. 70 St. John's, 5-2, last season at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Olivier Dufour-Coursol and Lorenz Schwojer picked up wins for the Purple Eagles.
·         Niagara has won 12 of the last 13 matches against Saint Peter's.
·         Dufour-Coursol leads team with nine wins in singles play, winning six of the last nine matches.
·         Inaki Belloso and Michael Elortequi won their team-high 12^th doubles match against IPFW on March 6.
·         Dufour-Coursol and David Raymond have won seven of their last 10 doubles matches.

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