Williamsville, N.Y. – The Niagara Purple Eagles dropped a close match to the Saint Peter's Peacocks, 4-3, on senior day Sunday in their MAAC regular season finale.
 
The Purple Eagles (4-12, 2-5 MAAC) captured the doubles point to take a 1-0 lead.  Niagara's two seniors, Joseph Smithyman and Mark Mackowsi, defeated Saint Peter's No. 3 duo. After Saint Peter's won in No. 1 doubles, the No. 2 team of Chris Grossi and Brent Boleslav clinched the point with a 6-4 win.
 
Niagara led 3-1 after wins by Boleslav and Francis Nadeau in No. 2 and 3 singles, respectively. However, the Peacocks reeled off three straight wins to pull out the win.
 
NU concludes its season against Carnegie Mellon and Youngstown State on April 17.
 
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Saint Peter's 4, Niagara University 3
 
 Singles competition
1. Ivanov, Daniil (SPUM) def. Fuentes, Felipe (NIAM) 6-1, 6-4
2. Boleslav, Brent (NIAM) def. Rodriguez, Jorge (SPUM) 6-3, 6-0
3. Nadeau, Francis (NIAM) def. Paredes, Jonathan (SPUM) 6-2, 6-4
4. Rojas, Andres-Sebast (SPUM) def. Smithyman, Joseph (NIAM) 6-2, 6-0
5. Russotto, Gabe (SPUM) def. Grossi, Chris (NIAM) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
6. Nover, Douglas (SPUM) def. Mackowski, Mark (NIAM) 6-3, 6-3
 
 Doubles competition
1. Ivanov, Daniil/Rodriguez, Jorge (SPUM) def. Nadeau, Francis/Fuentes, Felipe (NIAM) 6-4
2. Grossi, Chris/Boleslav, Brent (NIAM) def. Rojas, Andres-Sebast/Russotto, Gabe (SPUM) 6-4
3. Smithyman, Joseph/Mackowski, Mark (NIAM) def. Paredes, Jonathan/Nover, Douglas (SPUM) 6-3
 
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (1,2,3,4,6,5)