Match 20 – Men
Niagara Purple Eagles (3-16, 1-3 MAAC) at Marist Red Foxes (4-4, 2-1 MAAC)
Saturday, April 14 – 2:00 p.m.
Tennis Pavilion – Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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Match 24 – Women
Niagara Purple Eagles (7-16, 2-2 MAAC) at Marist Red Foxes (6-7, 3-0 MAAC)
Saturday, April 14 – 2:00 p.m.
Tennis Pavilion – Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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Match 21 – Men
Niagara Purple Eagles at Saint Peter's Peacocks (2-16, 0-3 MAAC)
Sunday, April 15 – 10:00 a.m.
Yanitelli Center – Jersey City, N.J.
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Match 25 – Women
Niagara Purple Eagles at Saint Peter's Peacocks (0-16, 0-5 MAAC)
Sunday, April 15 – 10:00 a.m.
Yanitelli Center – Jersey City, N.J.
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The Niagara Purple Eagles men's and women's tennis teams head on the road for the final time in the regular season when they travel to Marist College on Saturday, with the men and women scheduled to start play at 2:00 p.m. They close out the road trip on Sunday when they return to action against the Saint Peter's Peacocks, with the men and women slated for a 10:00 a.m. start.
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First Serve (Men)
- Since opening conference play with a 4-3 win over Siena, the men's team has dropped their last four matches with three of those coming in conference.
- Taylan Ozdemir leads the team with 15 singles wins, seven of those wins coming in first singles.
- Josh Wilson also has double digit singles wins with 10.
- Pere Padro and Josh Wilson are 2-1 as a duo in conference play.
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Across the Net – Marist Red Foxes
- The Red Foxes opened conference play with three straight victories over Saint Peter's (7-0), Fairfield (5-2), and Rider (7-0) before dropping their last match at Quinnipiac (3-4).
- Dylan Fletcher boasts a 19-3 singles record while being 3-0 in fourth singles and 5-0 in fifth singles.
- Justin Chanthalangsy (12-3) has won his last seven singles matches, the second-longest current win streak on the team behind Fletcher's eight straight wins.
- Gianlucca Massa has registered the most overall doubles victories with 15.
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Across the Net – Saint Peter's Peacocks
- The Peacocks head into the weekend with only two wins all season, losing their last 10 matches.
- Saint Peter's only wins came on Oct. 22 at Lafayette (7-0) and Feb. 17 against Coppin State (7-0).
- John Oxner has recorded four straight singles wins dating back to March 18. He has victories over Fordham, Sacred Heart, Fairleigh Dickinson and Siena.
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First Serve (Women)
- The Purple Eagles head into the weekend riding a three-match win streak with their most recent victory coming 6-1 against Fairfield, their second-straight conference victory.
- Andreea Peteu leads the team with 12 singles wins with eight coming in second singles.
- Peteu and Shannon Wong are both 3-1 in singles matches in conference.
- Sharlee Deshmukh (11) and Stella Peisakhova (10) have both registered double figure win totals thus far.
- Two doubles teams have posted undefeated conference records for the Purple Eagles – Peisakhova and Peteu and Chhinda Som and Ali Hutchinson are both 3-0 in MAAC play.
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Across the Net – Marist Red Foxes
- Despite losing four of its last six matches, Marist has posted a 3-0 conference record and have yet to drop a match in MAAC play. They have grabbed wins at Rider (7-0), at Saint Peter's (7-0) and against Monmouth (7-0).
- Julia Gabay leads the way with 10 singles wins this season, the only Red Fox to eclipse double figures. Gabay is tied with Sam Galu and Claire Schmaltz for the team's best singles conference record at 3-0.
- The duo of Gabay and Galu have a team-best 7-4 doubles record, going 3-0 in conference and 4-2 in second doubles.
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Across the Net – Saint Peter's Peacocks
- The Peacocks have yet to record a win this season and are currently riding a 24-match losing streak dating back to last season. They have been shutout 7-0 in 20 of those matches.
- Saint Peter's last win came on March 4, 2017 against St. Francis Brooklyn (6-1).
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