Williamsville, N.Y.—The Niagara tennis teams closed out the home portion of its schedule on Saturday as they hosted Fairfield in a MAAC dual match. The Women's team fell 5-2 while the men came away with a 4-3 win.
Men's Recap
Doubles

• The Purple Eagles were unable to win a match in doubles.
• In first doubles, Tanner Bedard and Trevor Masi fell 6-4.
• Manuel Alonso and Rohan Srivistava also fell 6-4 in second doubles.
• In third doubles, Roberto Vaca and Gurustat Makkar fell 6-3.

Singles

• Masi was the first Purple Eagle to earn a point in third singles. He won the opening set 6-1 and earned the win with a 6-3 win in the second set.
• Makkar notched the second Purple Eagle point as he won his fifth singles match in straight set 6-1, 6-1.
• Playing in his final home match as a Purple Eagle, Alonso tied the match in fourth singles. After falling in his first set 7-6. He came back with a 6-2 win in the second set. In the third set he won 7-5 to tie the overall match at three.
• It came down to Vaca's match in sixth singles. The junior won the opening set 6-3 but fell 6-2 in the second set. Vaca dominated the third set secured the win for Niagara as he won 6-1 in the third set.

Notes

• Masi moves to 9-3 this season which is a team best. He is 8-2 in the third singles position. He is 4-0 in conference matches this season.
• Makkar improves to 7-7 overall this season but hold a 4-0 MAAC record. He is 4-2 when playing in the sixth position.
• Vaca picked up his first conference win and his third win of the season.
• Alonso notched his sixth win of the season and his second MAAC win of the year.
• Niagara is now 2-2 in MAAC play and sits in a three way tie for fourth place with Siena and Fairfield.

Women's Recap
Doubles

• The Purple Eagle could not generate momentum in doubles as they fell in all three doubles matches.
• Madigan Humiston and Coral Rodriguez fell in first doubles 6-3. Erika Gonzalez and Jaida Borg also fell 6-3 in second doubles.
• Elena Mayet and Mercedes Velasco fell 6-4 in third doubles.

Singles

• In first singles Mayet picked a three set win. She fell in the first set 6-1 but bounced back with a 7-6 win in the second set. With a point on the line she won the third set 7-5.
• Rodriguez picked up the second Purple Eagle point in a three set win as well. After falling 7-6 in the first set she rebounded with a 6-4 win in the second set. She dominated the third set and took the win with a 6-1 third set win.
• In fourth singles Velasco, fell in three sets. She forced a third set after falling 7-5 in first set. In the second set she won 6-3.

Notes

• Mayet picked up her fourth win of the season and first conference win. It is her third win the second position.
• It is the third win for Rodriguez and first win in third singles. It is also her first MAAC win.
• The Purple Eagles fall to 1-3 in MAAC play and are tied for fifth place in the MAAC.

Up Next

• Both teams close out the regular season next weekend on the road. On Saturday, the Purple Eagles face Rider before closing the regular season out on Sunday against Siena.