PURPLE EAGLES WOMEN'S TENNIS
Match 5	Niagara (1-4, 0-0 MAAC) vs. Quinnipiac Bobcats (2-3, 1-0 MAAC)
Date | Time	Saturday, February 16 | 4 PM
Location	Village Glen Tennis Center – Williamsville, N.Y.
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PURPLE EAGLES WOMEN'S TENNIS
Match 6	Niagara vs. Detroit
Date | Time	Sunday, February 17 | 11 AM
Location	SBU Tennis Courts – St. Bonaventure, N.Y.
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The Purple Eagles women's tennis team will play a pair of matches this weekend. Niagara hosts Quinnipiac to start MAAC action on Saturday and faces Detroit in Olean, N.Y. on Sunday.

Scene Setter

• The Purple Eagles will play their first match at the Village Glen Tennis Center, their indoor home site, of the season on Saturday.
• Niagara is coming off of a 6-1 defeat at the Bucknell Bison on February 9.
• The Purple Eagles went 4-3 in conference matches last season and qualified for the 4-team MAAC Tournament as the No. 4 seed where they fell to eventual champion Quinnipiac in the semifinals.

Match Tidbits

• Olga Donchu has won her last two matches to improve to a team-best 4-3.  
• The doubles team of Ali Hutchinson and Olga Donchu has won a team-best three matches.

Across the Net: Quinnipiac Bobcats

• Quinnipiac, the five-time defending MAAC champions, was tabbed as the preseason favorites.
• Quinnipiac has won 48 straight MAAC matches since joining the conference in 2013-14, including 38 consecutive regular season victories.
• The Bobcats return First Team All-MAAC performers in every singles spot (1-6), headlined by 2017-18 MAAC Player of the Year and MAAC Rookie of the Year Dominique Vasile.
• Quinnipiac is 1-0 in the conference with a win against Rider on October 6 and lost at No. 23 UVA, 6-1, on January 19.

 
Last Meeting – April 28, 2018
Quinnipiac 4, Niagara 0

• The fourth-seeded Purple Eagles battled the No. 1 Quinnipiac Bobcats in several tightly contested matches in doubles and singles before falling to the four-time defending champions, 4-0, in the 2018 MAAC Tournament Semifinals.

 
Across The Net: Detroit Titans

• Detroit was picked eighth in the Horizon League Preseason Poll.
• The Titans are 1-2 on the season prior to their matches against St. Bonaventure and Niagara.
• Jasmine Apawti leads the Titans in singles wins with eight, including a 3-0 mark in No. 1 singles.

Last Meeting - February 10, 2018
Detroit 6, Niagara 1
 

• Niagara won the doubles point before falling to the Detroit Mercy Titans, 6-1.