The Niagara University men's and women's tennis teams will travel to Chicago for matches over Spring Break.

First Serve (Niagara Men)

• The Purple Eagles (2-5) will be three matches in two days.
• Niagara will play the Illinois-Chicago Flames on Thursday, March 9 and will play two matches on Friday, March 10 starting against the University of Chicago followed by Purdue University.
• NU is coming off a narrow 4-3 defeat to Wright State on March 2. Francis Nadeau, Josh Wilson and Brent Boleslav all picked up wins in the match.
• Taylan Ozdemir leads the team with eight singles wins.

Across the Net – Illinois-Chicago (3-6)

• The Flames have lost their last three matches.
• Christian San Andres leads the team with six singles wins. San Andres and Nico Wasilewicz leads the team with three doubles wins.  

Across the Net – University of Chicago (9-1)

• Chicago, a NCAA Division III program, is 9-1 on the season and suffered its first loss of the season to No. 2 Emory in its most recent match.
• Four players have at least 10 wins in singles, led by David Liu (11).
• Two doubles teams boost double-digit wins – Erik Kerrigan/Ninan Kumar (10-2) and Max Hawkins/Tyler Raclin (11-4).

Across the Net – Purdue University (9-6, 2-1 B1G)  

• Purdue has faced five nationally-ranked teams this season, going 1-4 in those matches.
• The Boilermakers has their three-match win streak halted at No. 37. Indiana on March 5.

 
First Serve (Niagara Women)

• Niagara (1-9) will play Illinois-Chicago on Thursday, March 9 in its lone match of the trip.
• Stella Peisakhova leads the Purple Eagles with six singles wins.
• This will be the fifth Horizon League team Niagara will play this season.

Across the Net – Illinois-Chicago (6-4)

• The Flames have won two of their last three matches.
• UIC has wins over Toledo, Bradley, and Northern Illinois.
• Rachel Le Comber and Bianca Zuzu share team-high honors with 11 singles wins.
• Le Comber and doubles partner Stefana Vasic has a team-best 6-4 record.  

 
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