WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. – The Niagara University Purple Eagles opened conference action with a dominating, 6-1, win over the Fairfield Stags on Saturday.
Niagara (5-8, 1-0 MAAC) won seven of the nine matches played en route to their third straight win against Fairfield (1-11, 1-1 MAAC).
The Purple Eagles rallied to take the doubles point. After falling in No. 1 doubles, the no. 2 team of
Haley Hollins and
Sydnee Wheeler eased past Fairfield's Courtney Connors and Meghan Zimmer, 6-1, to tie the match. In three doubles,
Sharlee Deshmukh and Leann Richert broke the serve of Karen McKeough and Cecilia Parla to win 6-4 to earn the point.
In singles play, Hollins won her sixth match of the spring with a 6-0, 6-0 win in two singles and her doubles partner, Wheeler, defeated Zimmer, 6-3, 6-2, in No. 3 singles as NU led the match, 3-0. Peisakhova clinched the match for the Purple Eagles with a straight win in No. 1 singles.
Shannon Wong improved to a team-best 7-5 record in the spring with a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Gabriella Campos in No. 4 singles. Deshmukh topped Connors in straight sets in five singles.
The Purple Eagles continue their MAAC weekend homestand versus Siena on Sunday at 1 p.m.
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Niagara University 6, Fairfield 1
Singles competition
1. Peisakhova, Stella (NIAW) def. Aragones, Nicole (FFD) 6-3, 6-3
2. Hollins, Haley (NIAW) def. McKeough, Karen (FFD) 6-0, 6-0
3. Wheeler, Sydnee (NIAW) def. Zimmer, Meghan (FFD) 6-3, 6-2
4. Wong, Shannon (NIAW) def. Campos, Gabriella (FFD) 6-2, 6-0
5. Deshmukh, Sharlee (NIAW) def. Connors, Courtney (FFD) 6-1, 6-2
6. Parla, Cecilia (FFD) def. Richert, Leann (NIAW) 6-1, 6-4
Doubles competition
1. Aragones, Nicole/Stuhlmann, Sarah (FFD) def. Peisakhova, Stella/Wong, Shannon (NIAW) 6-1
2. Hollins, Haley/Wheeler, Sydnee (NIAW) def. Connors, Courtney/Zimmer, Meghan (FFD) 6-1
3. Deshmukh, Sharlee/Richert, Leann (NIAW) def. McKeough, Karen/Parla, Cecilia (FFD) 6-4
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (2,3,1,4,5,6)
