NEWARK, N.J. - The Saint Joseph's women's tennis team had a strong opening day at the NJIT Invitational on Saturday as the Hawks combined to win 10 matches.

In doubles round one, Claire Minnoe and Alex Zachem earned a 6-3 victory at first doubles, with Katherine Devlin and Sarah Contrata picking up a 6-0 win in the third flight.

Moving to singles play, Minnoe defeated NJIT's Rafaella Sampaio, 2-6, 6-4, 10-7, in the first round and followed with a 6-0, 6-1 win against Brianne Lauria of Sacred Heart in the second round.

In the second flight, Maureen Devlin topped Taylor Gurda of Sacred Heart 6-2, 6-3 in the first round and downed Jessica Pil of Fairfield, 6-2, 6-2 in the second round.

Newcomer Isis Gill-Reid picked up a 6-4, 2-6, 10-6 win over Claudia Ruiz of Sacred heart in the second round of the fourth singles flight.

Katherine Devlin topped Ruiz, 6-1, 6-4 in the fifth singles first round and added a 6-1, 6-2 win against Fairfield's Courtney Connors in the second round.

Playing in the sixth flight, Contrata earned a 6-1, 6-0 decision over Cecilia Parla of Fairfield in the first round.

The NJIT Invitational wraps up on Sunday.