MERION STATION, Pa. – The Saint Joseph's women's tennis team fell to NJIT, 6-1, on a blustery Wednesday afternoon at the SJU Tennis Complex.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Charlotte Kordonowy and Brooke Tackett won their third-flight doubles match, 7-5, but the visitors took the first two flights to claim the doubles point.
 
• NJIT won the first five singles flights to win the match.  Ireland Amato secured a point for Saint Joseph's, cruising to a 6-1, 6-3 triumph in the sixth flight.
 
UP NEXT
The Hawks host Dayton on Saturday.
 
RESULTS
 
NJIT 6, Saint Joseph's 1
 
Doubles
1. Irene Cocero / Laura Wipfli (NJIT) def. Fabiana Tort-Umpierre / Victoria Tracey (SJU), 7-6 (3)
2. Sandra Dzhambazov / Sofia Pinedo (NJIT) def. Ana Ocasio / Kirsten Wijnsema (SJU), 6-1
3. Charlotte Kordonowy / Brooke Tackett (SJU) def. Lusia Hepcal / Paula Menendez (NJIT), 7-5
 
Singles
1. Wipfli (NJIT) def. Tort-Umpierre (SJU), 6-2, 6-3
2. Dzhambazov (NJIT) def. Tracey (SJU), 6-4, 7-5
3. Pinedo (NJIT) def. Sophia Amato (SJU), 6-1, 7-6 (5), 10-4 (STB)
4. Cocero (NJIT) def. Kordonowy (SJU), 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
5. Menendez (NJIT) def. Tackett (SJU), 6-1, 6-1
6. Ireland Amato (SJU) def. Feyza Aydin (NJIT), 6-1, 6-3