BROOKLYN – The Niagara women's tennis team swept the St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers, 6-0, on Saturday.
The Purple Eagles (3-3) won both doubles and all five singles matches against the Terriers (0-3).
The doubles team of
Haley Hollins and
Sydnee Wheeler defeated Jennifer Gonzalez and Vanja Savic, 6-2, in No. 1 doubles, while
Sharlee Deshmukh and
Shannon Wong cruised to a 6-1 win in two doubles to give NU a 1-0 lead.
Niagara dominated singles action, winning four matches without dropping a game.
Stella Peisakhova, Wheeler, Wong and Deshmukh all won their respective matches 6-0, 6-0.
NU is back home next week to start a three-match homestand beginning with Binghamton (Feb. 26) and Bucknell (Feb. 27).
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Niagara University 6, Saint Francis Brooklyn 0 Singles competition
1. Peisakhova, Stella (NIAW) def. Gonzalez, Jennifer (SFCW) 6-0, 6-0
2. Hollins, Haley (NIAW) def. Savic, Vanja (SFCW) 6-2, 6-2
3. Wheeler, Sydnee (NIAW) def. Dzigurski, Dragana (SFCW) 6-0, 6-0
4. Wong, Shannon (NIAW) def. Mares, Rebecca (SFCW) 6-0, 6-0
5. Deshmukh, Sharlee (NIAW) def. Krastoshevsky, Mina (SFCW) 6-0, 6-0
6. Fornolles, Maery (SFCW) vs. Vargas, Jasmin (NIAW) 0-6, 0-1, unfinished
Doubles competition
1. Hollins, Haley/Wheeler, Sydnee (NIAW) def. Gonzalez, Jennifer/Savic, Vanja (SFCW) 6-2
2. Deshmukh, Sharlee/Wong, Shannon (NIAW) def. Dzigurski, Dragana/Mares, Rebecca (SFCW) 6-1
3. Krastoshevsky, Mina/Fornolles, Maery (SFCW) vs. Peisakhova, Stella/Vargas, Jasmin (NIAW) 0-5, unfinished