WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. – The Niagara Purple Eagles defeated the Monmouth Hawks, 4-3, on Sunday for their first MAAC win of the season.
Match Summary
- The Purple Eagles won the doubles point for the first time this season.
- The No. 1 team of Sharlee Deshmukh and Shannon Wong defeated Monmouth's Alexandra Graff and Victoria Nugent, 6-2. In No. 2 doubles, Ali Hutchinson and Sansriti Ranjan won their match, 6-3.
- The match came down to the final singles match.
- Shannon Wong and Sharlee Deshmukh each won their matches in straight sets, but Niagara lost a three-set match in No. 1 singles and lost in No. 4 and 6 singles.
- In No. 5 singles, Hutchinson defeated Chioma Gabriel in three sets, 7-5, 3-6, 6-0 to clinch the win.
Up Next
- Niagara hosts Marist in its final home match of the season on Friday, April 8 at 8 p.m. at Village Glen Tennis Center.
Niagara University 4, Monmouth 3
Singles competition
1. Armendariz, Adriana (MONW) def. Peisakhova, Stella (NIAW) 6-2, 1-6, 6-4
2. Wong, Shannon (NIAW) def. Graff, Alexandra (MONW) 6-2, 6-3
3. Deshmukh, Sharlee (NIAW) def. Nugent, Victoria (MONW) 6-1, 6-2
4. Kauffman, Kendal (MONW) def. Ranjan, Sansriti (NIAW) 6-4, 6-1
5. Hutchinson, Ali (NIAW) def. Gabriel, Chioma (MONW) 7-5, 3-6, 6-0
6. Mattise, Caroline (MONW) def. Vargas, Jasmin (NIAW) 7-5, 6-3
Doubles competition
1. Deshmukh, Sharlee/Wong, Shannon (NIAW) def. Graff, Alexandra/Nugent, Victoria (MONW) 6-2
2. Ranjan, Sansriti/Hutchinson, Ali (NIAW) def. Armendariz, Adriana/Ivanova, Maria (MONW) 6-3
3. Kauffman, Kendal/Mattise, Caroline (MONW) def. Vargas, Jasmin/Peisakhova, Stella (NIAW) 6-4
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