The Niagara men's and women's tennis programs continue conference play at Rider on Friday and Monmouth on Saturday.


First Serve

• The Niagara men have dropped six of their last seven matches.
• Through three MAAC matches, the NU men are 1-2 for the second straight season.
• The Purple Eagles finished last season winning four straight conference matches to earn the three seed in the MAAC Tournament.
• The Niagara women are 5-7, including 2-1 in MAAC play, and are 2-2 in their last four matches.

Across The Net

• The Rider men are 1-11 and 0-3 in the MAAC while the women's team is 1-10 and 0-5 in the MAAC. The Monmouth men are 7-7 with a 1-0 record in MAAC play while the women's team is 1-8 and 1-1 in MAAC action.
• Niagara men and women have dominated the series with Rider with each program winning the last 10 matches against the Broncs.
• The NU men dropped two matches to Monmouth in the Hawks' first season in the MAAC. Niagara was edged 4-3 at home on March 29 and lost 4-2 in the MAAC semis on April 26.   
• The NU women breezed to a 7-0 win over Monmouth on March 29, 2014 in the first-ever meeting between the programs.

Match Points

• Senior Olivier Dufour-Coursol leads the Purple Eagles with a 10-5 record in singles.
• The No. 1 doubles tandem of Inaki Belloso and Michael Elortegui lead NU with 12 wins.
• Dufour-Coursol and double partner David Raymond are second in the team in doubles with 10 wins and are 7-3 in their last 10 matches.
• A pair of Purple Eagles have winning streaks of three matches are longer in sophomores Paulina Velasquez and Brooke Briseno.
• Velasquez, the Reigning MAAC Rookie of the Year, has won four straight matches and leads the team with eight singles wins. She is 8-3 in the third spot.
• Briseno, who missed the final 11 matches last season due to injury, is on a three-match winning streak

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