April 10, 2005

NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, N.Y. - The Marist women's tennis team won its seventh consecutive match, defeating the Niagara Purple Eagles 6-1. The victory ended Niagara's dominance of the MAAC, as the Red Foxes handed the Eagles their first conference defeat since 2001. The win improved Marist to 10-3 overall, and 5-0 in the MAAC.

Marist took five out of six singles matches, and sophomore Megan Gureck's match went to a third set tiebreak. Senior captain Diana Perachio won both of her matches, as she teamed with freshman Erin Godly to secure an 8-6 win in first doubles. Godly also won both of her matches, as she was a three-set winner, defeating Jacquelyn Cary, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. Junior Inge Le-Grange lost two games in her singles match, and teamed with Yana Tikhonko for an 8-6 win in doubles.

With the win, Marist is alone in first place in the league standings. The Red Foxes look to remain undefeated in the MAAC, and notch their eighth straight win when they take on MAAC foe Manhattan.

SINGLES
1) Mariam Al-Shikarchy (NU) def. Yana Tikhonko (MAR) 6-0, 6-2
2) Diana Perachio (MAR) def. Danielle Greiner (NU) 6-4, 6-3
3) Inge Le-Grange (MAR) def. Kendra Daigler (NU) 6-0, 6-2
4) Erin Godly (MAR) def. Jacquelyn Cary (NU) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
5) Megan Gureck's (MAR) def. Julianne Prokopich (NU) 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)
6) Courtney McGeever (MAR) def. Shella Dargout (NU) 7-6 (7-4), 6-0

DOUBLES
1) Perachio/Godly (MAR) def. Al-Shikarchy/Greiner (NU) 8-6
2) Tikhonko/Le-Grange (MAR) def. Cary/Prokopich (NU) 8-6
3) Daigler/Dargout (NU) def. McGeever/Albert (MAR) 8-1