MERION STATION, Pa. – Day two of the 2024 SJU Invitational saw a pair of victories as a Hawk doubles pairing reached the final of its flight.
 
Addison Melfi and Ana Ocasio took a 6-3 result in the semifinals of the Gray flight to move to Sunday morning's final.  In the Crimson flight, Claudia Perez-Garcia and Gisele Tang fell by the same score in the semifinals.
 
Perez-Garcia competed in the Crimson Flight in the singles draw, dropping a 6-1, 6-2 result in the quarterfinals before falling in a consolation match as well.  Melfi suffered a pair of defeats in the Gray draw, falling 6-3, 4-6, 10-5 in a supertiebreaker in the quarterfinals before dropping a consolation match afterward.
 
Also in singles play, Ana Ocasio fell in the quarters in the Black draw but rebounded to win at love in a consolation tilt.
 
The tournament concludes on Sunday at the SJU Tennis Complex.
 
Saint Joseph's Results
 
Singles Flight Crimson
Sofiya Snitko (Drexel) def. Claudia Perez-Garcia (SJU), 6-1, 6-2
Whitney King (Bucknell) def. Perez-Garcia (SJU), 8-2
 
Singles Flight Gray
Lily Malinowski (Fairfield) def. Addison Melfi (SJU), 6-3, 4-6, 10-5 (STB)
Jaycie Mair (BUCK) def. Melfi (SJU), 8-5
 
Singles Flight Black
Natalie Devraj (BUCK) def. Ana Ocasio (SJU), 7-5, 6-1
Ocasio (SJU) def. Emily Persuhn (Harford CC), 8-0
 
Doubles Flight Crimson
Whitney King / Abby Platt (BUCK) def. Perez-Garcia / Tang (SJU), 6-3
 
Doubles Flight Gray
Melfi / Ocasio (SJU) def. Mair / Cameron King (BUCK), 6-3