PURPLE EAGLES MEN'S TENNIS
Match 16	Niagara Purple Eagles (0-15, 0-4 MAAC)  vs. Rider Broncs (3-10, 0-5 MAAC)
Date | Time	Saturday, April 19 | 12 PM
Location	Lawrenceville, NJ
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PURPLE EAGLES MEN'S TENNIS
Match 16	Niagara Purple Eagles vs. Monmouth Hawks (15-1, 5-0 MAAC)
Date | Time	Saturday, April 20 | 10 AM
Location	Outdoor Tennis Complex | West Long Branch, NJ
Twitter	@NiagaraMTN
Instagram	@NiagaraMTN

 
The Niagara Purple Eagles conclude their road and conference schedule this week with matches against Rider on Thursday and Monmouth on Friday.  

Scene Setter

• The Purple Eagles remain in search of their first win of the season after dropping a pair of matches at Fairfield and Siena.
• Darrel Harxhi leads the team with five wins.
• Brent Boleslav won a three-set match at Siena to be the first Purple Eagle to win a MAAC match.

Across the Net: Rider Broncs

• Rider is 3-10 on the season and 0-5 in league play after falling to Marist in its most recent match.
• Four Broncs are tied for the team lead in wins at four.
• The Purple Eagles have won 18 straight in the series.  
   

Last Meeting – April 22, 2018
Niagara 7, Rider 0

• The Purple Eagles closed out their season with a sweep of the Rider Broncs.
• NU won the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and 2 doubles.
• NU won all six singles matches in straight sets.

Across the Net: Monmouth Hawks

• Monmouth, the three-time defending MAAC champion, is 15-1 on the season, including a 5-0 record in MAAC matches, and is on a 13-match win streak. The Hawks lone defeat was against Navy.
• Monmouth's No. 1 Srdjan Jakovljevic is 20-2 on the season, including 11-0 at one singles.
• Six other Hawks have won double-digit singles matches.
• Sergio Martinez and Max Benaim are a team-best 15-3 in doubles, while Nicola Pipoli and Will Cooke Whatrton is 5-0 in MAAC matches.
• Niagara has lost all six meetings to Monmouth, including in the 2015 MAAC semifinals, since the Hawks joined the conference from the 2013-14 season.

Last Meeting – March 31, 2018
Monmouth 6, Niagara 1

• The Purple Eagles fell to Monmouth, 6-1.
• NU won in two doubles but lost the point with defeats in one and three doubles.
• Eduardo Villalpando Heredia earned Niagara's lone point with a three-set win in six singles.