LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. – The Niagara University women's tennis team defeated the Rider Broncs, 5-2, on Friday.
 
Match Summary

• The Purple Eagles went up 1-0 after winning the doubles point. NU won in one and two doubles.
• The team of Stella Peisakhova and Sharlee Deshmukh won its match in No. 1 doubles, 6-1, in its first conference match of the season.
• In two doubles, Ali Hutchinson and Sansriti Ranjan held off Rider's No. 2 to win 6-4.
• In singles action, Niagara won four of the six matches.
• Peisakhova eased past Vanessa Canda, 6-0, 6-0, in No. 1 singles. Deshmukh won her match in straight sets, 6-1, 6-0.
• Hutchinson defeated Amanda Binder, 6-2, 6-2, in five singles. Shannon Wong rallied to beat Danielle Scrudato, 1-6, 6-4, 6-3.  

 
Purple Points

• The doubles team of Peisakhova and Deshmukh has won a team-best four matches this season, including going 2-1 in the number one spot in dual matches.
• Peisakhova leads the team in wins with 12 and has won her last three matches. She is 4-1 in league play at No. 1 singles.

 
Up Next

• The Purple Eagles will play their final non-conference match of the season at Wagner on Saturday at 10 a.m.

 
Niagara University 5, Rider University 2
 
 Singles competition 
1. Peisakhova, Stella (NIA) def. Canda, Vanessa (RID-W) 6-0, 6-0
2. Melendez, Cyd (RID-W) def. Ranjan, Sansriti (NIA) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
3. Wong, Shannon (NIA) def. Scrudato, Danielle (RID-W) 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
4. Deshmukh, Sharlee (NIA) def. Gardner, Caitlin (RID-W) 6-1, 6-0
5. Hutchinson, Ali (NIA) def. Binder, Amanda (RID-W) 6-2, 6-2
6. Swanson, Kelli (RID-W) def. Vargas, Jasmin (NIA) 6-4, 6-3
 
 Doubles competition 
1. Deshmukh, Sharlee/Peisakhova, Stella (NIA) def. Canda, Vanessa/Melendez, Cyd (RID-W) 6-1
2. Ranjan, Sansriti/Hutchinson, Ali (NIA) def. Gardner, Caitlin/Binder, Amanda (RID-W) 6-4
3. Scrudato, Danielle/Swanson, Kelli (RID-W) def. Wong, Shannon/Vargas, Jasmin (NIA) 6-1
 
Match Notes:
Niagara University 5-15, 2-3 MAAC
Rider University 7-10, 1-5 MAAC
 
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