NORFOLK, Va. - Saint Joseph's seniors Claire Minnoe and Alex Zachem competed at the ITA Women's Tennis Atlantic Regional at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center on the campus of Old Dominion University this past weekend.

In the doubles main draw, the Hawk pair faced Stephanie Smith and Rachael Morales of Marshall in the opening round of 64. Putting forth a strong effort, Minnoe and Zachem battled, but eventually fell, 8-3.

Facing Delaware's Brooke Pilkington in the singles main flight first round, Minnoe battled back after dropping the first set, 2-6, to capture the second, 7-5. In the third set, Minnoe kept it close early but Pilkington would prevail in the end with a 6-3 win in the final set.

Moving to the consolation bracket, Minnoe opened her match with Lolade Ogungbesan of Pittsburgh with a 6-2 victory. The Panthers' Ogungbesan fought back to win the second match 6-1 and won the super breaker, 10-7, to advance.

The Hawks cap the Fall portion of their schedule at the NJIT Invitational on October 29-30.