JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Niagara defeated Saint Peter's 7-0 in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) women's tennis matchup on Sunday.
The Purple Eagles (5-5, 2-0 MAAC) opened up winning all three doubles contest. In No. 1 doubles, the duo Paula Velasquez and Maria Ortiz defeated Adina Ungurean-Halagian (Bucharest, Romania / Schiller International School) and Lucia Radovic (Zadar, Crotia / Skola Primientiene Umietnosti Dizajna) 8-4. Iva Celan and Ashley Ta won No. 2 doubles 8-4. Niagara won the third doubles matchup by default.
In singles play, Celan defeated Halagian in three sets, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. In No. 2 singles, Mali Hedberg (Oxnard, Calif. / Oxnard [Eastern Washington]) was defeated by Ta, 6-0, 6-4. Elena Melian Puigventos (Gran Canaria, Spain / Canlebury School of las Palmas) dropped a 6-2, 6-0 decision to Velasquez in No. 3 singles. Radovic and Christian Resurreccion (Jersey City, N.J. / McNair Academy) each lost their singles matchup. The Peacocks lost No. 6 singles by default.
Saint Peter's (4-6, 2-2 MAAC) returns to action on Mar. 25, when the team travels to take on Queens (N.Y.). Match time set for 3 p.m.
