MERION STATION, Pa. – The Saint Joseph's women's tennis team played its first dual match of the 2024-25 season on Tuesday and earned a 5-2 victory over Monmouth at the SJU Tennis Complex.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Saint Joseph's took the doubles point with wins in the top two flights.  Addison Melfi and Victoria Tracey were 6-4 winners in the first flight, while Claudia Perez-Garcia and Brooke Tackett combined for a 7-5 win in the second.
 
• Tracey rolled to a 6-1, 6-3 win in the top singles flight to put another point on the board for the Crimson and Gray.
 
• Melfi, Perez-Garcia, and Tackett earned supertiebreaker wins to collect the clinching points.  Melfi and Tackett rallied from a set down for wins in the second and fourth flights, respectively, while Perez-Garcia won her first set in a tiebreaker before sealing the match in a supertiebreaker.
 
UP NEXT
SJU returns to action on October 25 at both the Atlantic 10 Individual Championships and Drexel's Dragon Invitational.
 
RESULTS
 
Saint Joseph's 5, Monmouth 2
 
Doubles
1. Addison Melfi / Victoria Tracey (SJU) def. Lana Brezanin / Hana McKinney (MON), 6-4
2. Claudia Perez-Garcia / Brooke Tackett (SJU) def. Ximena Cano / Lauren Landstrom (MON), 7-5
3. Becky Fisher / Faith Sadgrove (MON) win via default
 
Singles
1. Tracey (SJU) def. Brezanin (MON), 6-1, 6-3
2. Melfi (SJU) def. McKinney (MON), 4-6, 6-3, 10-7 (STB)
3. Perez-Garcia (SJU) def. Landstrom (MON), 7-6 (10), 2-6, 10-8 (STB)
4. Tackett (SJU) def. Cano (MON), 1-6, 6-4, 10-7 (STB)
5. Sadgrove (MON) def. Ana Ocasio (SJU), 6-4, 7-5
6. Rebecca Fisher (MON) win via default