WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. – The Niagara women's tennis team lost to the Buffalo Bulls, 7-0, on Saturday at the Miller Tennis Courts.
The Purple Eagles (2-3) dropped all three doubles matches as UB took the point. NU's best showing came for its No. 1 doubles team of
Haley Hollins and
Sydnee Wheeler who fell 6-3 to UB's top tandem.
The Bulls won all six singles matches in straight sets.
Sharlee Deshmukh won two games in each set at No. 5 singles for the Purple Eagles' best performer in singles.
Niagara travels to play Fordham on Feb. 19 and St. Francis Brooklyn on Feb. 20 for its next matches.
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Buffalo 7, Niagara University 0
Singles competition
1. Blanco, Chantal (UBW) def. Peisakhova, Stella (NIAW) 6-1, 6-1
2. Stojanovska, Tanja (UBW) def. Hollins, Haley (NIAW) 6-0, 6-1
3. Holterbosch, Laura (UBW) def. Wheeler, Sydnee (NIAW) 6-1, 6-2
4. Kotok, Margarita (UBW) def. Wong, Shannon (NIAW) 6-2, 6-1
5. Sudhir, Sanjana (UBW) def. Deshmukh, Sharlee (NIAW) 6-2, 6-2
6. Rubio, Mercedes (UBW) def. Vargas, Jasmin (NIAW) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. Stojanovska, Tanja/Blanco, Chantal (UBW) def. Hollins, Haley/Wheeler, Sydnee (NIAW) 6-3
2. Agasieva, Dayana/Kotok, Margarita (UBW) def. Peisakhova, Stella/Wong, Shannon (NIAW) 6-2
3. Holterbosch, Laura/Haraldson, Christine (UBW) def. Deshmukh, Sharlee/Vargas, Jasmin (NIAW) 6-1