The Saint Joseph's women's tennis team kicked off the spring portion of its slate this weekend with a pair of matches.  The Hawks fell to Siena on Friday night before going down to Navy on Saturday.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• At the Springton Indoor Tennis Club on Friday, sophomore Alex Kramer and freshman Stow Weiss got the Hawks off to a strong start with a 7-5 doubles win, but the visitors earned two wins of their own to secure the doubles point.
 
• Weiss earned a singles win in the second flight, rolling past Maanya Viswanath, 6-0, 6-3, while junior Amanda Nava outlasted Meagan Brown, 6-3, 3-6, 10-7 in a first-flight supertiebreaker.
 
• Unfortunately for the Crimson and Gray, the Saints secured the 4-2 match victory with wins in three of the five completed singles matches.
 
• On Saturday, the hosts from Navy took the early lead with three doubles decisions.  In singles play, both Nava and sophomore Paige Conrad pushed their singles matches to supertiebreakers in the first and fourth flights, respectively, but the Midshipwomen swept the singles results to earn the 7-0 win.
 
HAWK TALK
• "It was a good first match to get rid of the opening jitters," head coach Ian Crookenden said of Friday's match.  "It was a very nice evening for freshman Stow Weiss, winning in both singles and doubles. I liked the competitive spirit in every match."
 
• "Despite the score against Navy, a perennial NCAA Tournament squad, there were some very positive lessons learned today by our young squad," Crookenden said on Saturday.  "Each match is giving us clear indications of what work we have to do to be ready for our first conference challenge later this month against Rhode Island.  A very solid performance turned in today, especially by sophomore Paige Conrad."
 
UP NEXT
The Hawks will return to the Springton Indoor Tennis Club on Saturday, February 8, for a matchup against Quinnipiac.

RESULTS

Siena 4, Saint Joseph's 2
 
Doubles
1. Meagan Brown / Kylie Mullaney (Siena) def. Paige Conrad / Amanda Nava (SJU), 7-5
2. Juliana Goehner / Nanea Perkins (Siena) def. Ireland Amato / Sophia Amato (SJU), 6-4
3. Alex Kramer / Stow Weiss (SJU) def. Anastasia Koniaev / Petra Miszczak (Siena), 7-5
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1
 
Singles
1. Nava (SJU) def. Brown (Siena), 6-3, 3-6, 10-7 (STB)
2. Weiss (SJU) def. Maanya Viswanath (Siena), 6-0, 6-3
3. Perkins (Siena) def. I. Amato (SJU), 6-2, 6-0
4. Miszczak (Siena) def. Conrad (SJU), 6-2, 6-1
5. Koniaev (Siena) def. S. Amato (SJU), 6-4, 6-0
6. Kramer (SJU) vs. Goehner (Siena), 3-6, 7-6 (5), DNF
Order of Finish: 4, 2, 3, 1, 5
 
Game Scores
Singles: Siena 60, Saint Joseph's 41
Doubles: Siena 18, Saint Joseph's 16
Total: Siena 78, Saint Joseph's 57

Navy 7, Saint Joseph's 0
 
Doubles
1. Samantha Choi / Tina Li (USNA) def. Paige Conrad / Amanda Nava (SJU), 7-5
2. Miranda Deng / Jillian Taggart (USNA) def. Ireland Amato / Sophia Amato (SJU), 6-1
3. Danika Kahatapitiya / Kacey Moore (USNA) def. Alex Kramer / Stow Weiss (SJU), 6-2
Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1
 
Singles
1. Aimee Dervishian (USNA) def. Nava (SJU), 7-6 (4), 5-7, 10-4 (STB)
2. Casey Accola (USNA) def. Weiss (SJU), 6-3, 6-2
3. Brooke Bogdanovich (USNA) def. I. Amato (SJU), 6-2, 6-1
4. Deng (USNA) def. Conrad (SJU), 3-6, 6-0, 10-7 (STB)
5. Li (USNA) def. S. Amato (SJU), 6-1, 6-1
6. Irene Norman (USNA) def. Kramer (SJU), 6-1, 6-1
Order of Finish: 5, 6, 3, 2, 4, 1
 
Game Scores
Singles: Navy 71, Saint Joseph's 31
Doubles; Navy 19, Saint Joseph's 8
Total: Navy 90, Saint Joseph's 39