MATCH 3
SCORE	Ball State 5, Niagara 0
RECORDS	Ball State (2-1), Niagara (2-1)
LOCATION	MSU Indoor Tennis

 

MATCH 4
SCORE	Michigan State 7, Niagara 0
RECORDS	MSU (3-1), Niagara (2-2)
LOCATION	MSU Indoor Tennis

 
EAST LANSING, Mich. – The Niagara Purple Eagles began their spring season with defeats to Ball State and Michigan State on Saturday.
 
Ball State 5, Niagara 0

MATCH SUMMARY

Doubles

• The Purple Eagles won the first match in the contest in two doubles. The team of Manuel Alonso and Jorge Sedeno defeated Ball State's Danilo Kovacevic and Parrish Simmons, 6-3.
• The Cardinal won in No. 1 doubles, 6-3, to setup a winner-take-all match in three doubles.
• Niagara's No. 3 team of William Gothlin and Eduardo Villalpando was edged, 6-4.

 
Singles

• Ball State's Parrish Simmons won in straight sets in three singles.
• The Cardinal took a 3-0 lead after winning in five singles and clinched the match with a win in two singles.
• Darrel Harxhi lost a close two-setter, 6-4, 7-6, in one singles.
• In four singles, Manuel Alonso won the first set, 6-4, before losing the second set 6-1. The match was called in the third set at 1-1.
   

Michigan State 7, Niagara 0

MATCH SUMMARY

Doubles

• The Spartans won all three doubles matches to win the point.
• Michigan State won in three doubles before winning in two and one doubles.

Singles

• The Purple Eagles lost all six singles in straight sets.
• Harxhi battled to a 6-4, 6-3 defeat in one singles.
• In two singles, Jorge Sedeno was edged in the first set, 7-5, before falling 6-2.

PURPLE POINTS

• The team of Jorge Sedeno and Manuel Alonso won its first doubles match in three attempts.

UP NEXT

• The Purple Eagles will play the Buffalo Bulls on Friday, February 7 at 10 a.m.