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Manuel Alonso at YSU - Feb. 18, 2022
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Niagara NIA (4-1)
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Winner Youngstown State YSU (3-5)
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Youngstown State YSU
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Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

Purple Eagles Topped by Penguins

YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO - Niagara dropped its first match of the season to Youngstown State, 5-2, Friday evening in Youngstown, Ohio. 

Match Recap
Singles
• Niagara's Trevor Masi remained undefeated in singles action this season with a three-set match win over YSU's Pla, 6-4, 0-6, 1-0 (10-2). 
Tanner Bedard also kept his perfect dual match singles record with a victory in No. 3 singles, dispatching his opponent in three-sets, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 1-0 (10-1). 
Manuel Alonso, Jorge SedenoGurustat Makkar, and Roberto Vaca were all defeated in first, fourth, fifth and sixth singles, respectively. 
• Sedeno nearly took the first set of his No. 4 singles contest with Youngstown's Everett, but fell to the Penguin, 7-5 and 6-3 in the second set. 

Doubles
• Niagara's Masi and Alonso won the No. 1 singles match against Fouzas and Gran, 6-3. 
• The Purple Eagles were defeated in No. 2 and No. 3 doubles, securing the point for YSU. 

Niagara Notes
• All five of Masi's dual match wins have come at No. 2 singles. 
• Niagara improved to 5-0 this season from the No. 3 singles slot. 
• Friday was Masi and Alonso's first win as the No. 1 singles pairing, helping NU move to 2-2 in the top spot. 

Up Next
• Niagara will take on Daemen tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m. The Purple Eagles defeated the Wildcats back on Oct. 24 by the final score of 7-0. 
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