PHILADELPHIA - Saint Joseph's senior Claire Minnoe advanced to the semifinals of the First Singles Flight following the second day of the SJU Invitational on Saturday.

After earning a bye into the quarterfinals, Minnoe earned a semifinal spot after topping Bucknell's Lauren Fishbein 6-4, 6-3. Minnoe will face George Washington's Maria Siopacha at 9 a.m. on Sunday.

On the other side of the draw, Maureen Devlin earned a 6-2, 6-1 win over Bucknell's Michele Urbanati, 6-2, 6-1, but would fall in her next match to George Washington's Marie-Louis Decamps, 6-4, 6-0.

In the second flight, Alex Zachem posted a 7-6 (3), 6-4 win over Melissa Parks of Bucknell, but fell to GW's Victoria Kogan, 6-4, 6-2. Sophomore Isis Gill-Reid fell to Tori Almeida of Lafayette 6-3, 1-6, 10-5 in her opening match and lost to GW's Taylor Nederlander, 7-5, 6-3, in a consolation match.

Katherine Devlin won her first match in the third flight as Alexandria  Agee of Loyola Maryland had to retire due to injury with Devlin ahead 6-3, 2-0. Devlin would put up a strong showing in the quarterfinals, but eventually fell to Clary Rodriguez Cruz of Drexel, 2-6, 6-3, 10-6. 

On the bottom half of the bracket, Sarah Contrata won her opening match 6-0, 6-2 versus Lafayette's Lauren Tracy before falling to Bucknell's Paige Leavy, 1-6, 7-5, 10-3.

Mary-Margaret Ewens earned a 6-2, 6-1 win over Lafayette's Meredith Block to open the fourth flight. She'd eventually get tripped up in the quarterfinals by Fiorella Coria of Drexel, 6-1, 6-0.

Maddie Graziani won her opening match 6-4, 6-1 against Madison Olexson of Lafayette in the fourth flight. Graziani battled hard versus Sydney King of Villanova but eventually bowed 6-4, 6-3.

The final day of the tournament begins at 9 a.m. on Sunday.