Women’s Tennis Faces Two-Time Defending Champs In MAAC Semis

Awards Show – Friday, April 29 at 6 P.M.

The Niagara University women's tennis team will face No. 1 seed Quinnipiac in the 2016 MAAC Tournament Semfinals on Saturday, April 30 at 2 p.m. from the Mercer County Park Tennis Center in West Windsor, N.J.

First Serve

Niagara enters the MAAC Tournament as the No. 4 seed with a 5-2 record. The Purple Eagles had the same conference record as Marist and Siena.
The Purple Eagles are one of the youngest teams in the country with five freshmen and two sophomores.
Five Purple Eagles have double-digit wins in overall singles – Shannon Wong (13), Haley Hollins (12), Stella Peisakhova (11), Sydnee Wheeler (10) and Sharlee Deshmukh (10).
Peisakhova (No. 1), Hollins (No. 2), Wheeler (No. 3) and Deshmukh (No. 5) all went 5-2 in conference singles play.
The doubles team of Wheeler and Hollins won a team-high seven matches and went 4-3 in conference matches.
Wong (March 30) and Peisakhova (April 13) were each named MAAC Tennis Player of the Week once this season.

Across The Net: No. 1 Quinnipiac Bobcats

Quinnipiac enters the MAAC Tournament with a 13-10 overall record and a 7-0 conference mark.
The Bobcats have won seven of their last eight, including five straight matches.
Four players have won at least 13 singles matches, led by Rachel Horton's 19 overall wins. Quinnipiac's No. 1 Sophia Dzulynsky and teammate Profon Lohaphaisan each went 7-0 in conference matches, while Horton and Jennifer Lu went 6-1.
In doubles, Quinnipiac went 45-21 in dual matches including a 19-2 record in MAAC play.
NU has lost all three meetings with Quinnipiac since the Bobcats joined the MAAC at the start of the 2013-14 season.
The Purple Eagles lost to Quinnipiac in the 2015 MAAC Championship Final.

Championship Points

NU has qualified for the four-team conference tournament for the fourth straight season.
Niagara has won the MAAC Tournament twice (2003 & 2005) in program history.
NU is seeking consecutive appearances in the MAAC Final for the first time since making three straight trips to the championship match from 2003-05.

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Players Mentioned

Stella Peisakhova: 5' 6"; Sophomore

Sharlee Deshmukh: 5' 7"; Sophomore

Shannon Wong: 5' 3"; Freshman

Sydnee Wheeler: 5' 8"; Freshman

Haley Hollins: 5' 7"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Stella Peisakhova
: 5' 6"; Sophomore

Sharlee Deshmukh
: 5' 7"; Sophomore

Shannon Wong
: 5' 3"; Freshman

Sydnee Wheeler
: 5' 8"; Freshman

Haley Hollins
: 5' 7"; Freshman