AMHERST — The Niagara University women’s tennis team opened its fall season competing at the UB Invite.
The Purple Eagles competed against the host Buffalo, Toledo and Wright State. Stella Peisakhova claimed the singles consolation title in the A flight. After falling to Toledo’s Sidnay Huck in three sets, Peisakhova bounced back with two wins. She defeated Wright State’s Elain Cloern, 1-6, 6-5, 10-7, to advance to the final where she outlasted Toledo’s Colleen O’Brien, 6-3, 3-6, 1-0(7). Ali Hutchinson (A), Shannon Wong (B), Sansriti Ranjan (C), Sharlee Deshmukh (D), Jasmin Vargas (D) all went winless in singles.
In doubles, Peisakhova and Deshmukh fell in both of their matches in the flight A while Hutchinson and Wong lost in the consolation flight B final. Peisakhova got a bit of redemption after losing in the flight A consolation title in last season’s UB Invite.
Niagara has a dual match at Daemen on Oct. 5.
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