WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. – Cheyenne Brown (Dayton, New Jersey) battled to a big win for the Colgate women's tennis team at No. 5 singles but the Raiders fell to the Niagara Purple Eagles, 6-1, Sunday afternoon at the Village Glen Tennis Center.
 
Brown earned her first win of the spring season with her big win at No. 5 singles to give her at least one singles win in each of the last three seasons.
 
Lauren O'Brien (Leawood, Kansas) and Kelly Klein (Ross, California) also earned wins on the afternoon for the Raiders as they teamed up for a dominant win at No. 2 doubles. Klein nearly pulled off a win at No. 4 singles as her marathon match went deep into a third set before she was narrowly defeated.
 
DOUBLES
No. 1 – Deshmukh/Wong (NIA) def. Deeter/Willams ('Gate): 6-3
No. 2 – O'Brien/Klein ('Gate) def. Som/Hutchinson (NIA): 6-2
No. 3 – Peisakhova/Peteau (NIA) def. Brown/Simek ('Gate): 6-1
 
SINGLES
No. 1 – Peisakhova (NIA) def. Deeter ('Gate): 6-4, 6-2
No. 2 – Peteau (NIA) def. O'Brien ('Gate): 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 – Som (NIA) def. Williams ('Gate): 6-0, 7-6
No. 4 – Wong (NIA) def. Klein ('Gate): 7-6, 2-6, 12-10
No. 5 – Brown ('Gate) def. Hutchinson (NIA): 6-4, 7-6
No. 6 – Deshmukh (NIA) def. Simek ('Gate): 8-1
 
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Bobby Pennington
"It was a tough battle for the ladies today. We played so well at No. 2 doubles with Klein and O'Brien. Klein and Brown played like warriors at No. 4 and 5 singles. I felt we were points away from winning the match, 4-3. All of the women are playing up a position from where they played in the fall and will have some growing pains. We will get back to work and get ready for a big Philly weekend."
 
UP NEXT
Colgate travels to Philadelphia this weekend for a pair of matches where they take on Villanova from the BIG EAST Friday night at 6 p.m. and are at La Salle on Sunday at 5:30 p.m.