The Purple Eagles will host the Marist Red Foxes on Saturday at Noon to conclude their regular season slate.

First Serve

• The Niagara men improved to 6-8 overall and 4-2 in MAAC action with a weekend sweep of Siena and Fairfield last week.
• NU clinched a spot in this month's MAAC Tournament with a 5-2 win over Fairfield on Saturday to defeat the Stags for the second straight season.
• The NU men seek to snap a 17-match losing streak to Marist.
• With a victory, the Niagara men will have their first three-match winning streak since downing Grand Valley State, Montana State-Billings and St. Cloud State in consecutive fashion from Mar. 5-7, 2014.
• The Niagara women improved to 6-1 in the MAAC and increased their overall record to 9-7 with wins over Siena and Fairfield.
• With triumphs in their last two matches, the NU women carry a four-match win streak into the season finale.
• NU can clinch the No. 2 seed in this month's MAAC Tournament with a win.
• A Niagara victory vs Marist would give the Purple Eagles consecutive wins against the Red Foxes for the first time since the 2002-03 and 2003-04 seasons.
• Victory over Marist would give the women their most MAAC wins since the 2008-09 season (7-0).

 
Senior Day

• The Purple Eagles will honor eight seniors on Saturday.
• On the men side – Inaki Belloso, Michael Elortegui, Olivier Dufour-Coursol and David Raymond
• On the women side – Iva Celan, Jenna McCune, Maria Ortiz, Ashley Ta

Across The Net

• The Marist men are 11-7 overall with a 4-1 MAAC record while the women are 4-11 overall and 4-2 in MAAC play.
• The Red Foxes men are 6-1 in their last seven matches while the women are 4-3 in their last seven games

Match Points

• Brooke Briseno is a seven-match winning streak and is 6-0 in conference. She is 9-3 overall at six singles.
• Freshman Stella Peisakhova has won four straight matches to improve to 7-0 in MAAC matches at four singles.
• Briseno and Peisakhova are on a four-match winning streak in doubles and are 5-1 in conference.
• Maria Ortiz is on a winning streak herself at four matches.
• The Niagara men have won the doubles point in five of their last six matches.
• David Raymond is a on team-best four-match win streak in singles.
• Olivier Dufour-Coursol is the active leader in singles with a career record of 71-29. 

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