PHILADELPHIA – The Saint Joseph's women's tennis team returned to Philadelphia on Monday for a match at Penn, falling 4-0 to the Quakers.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Quakers took the lead with wins in the first and third doubles flights.  In the second, freshmen Elena Fleming and June Tronhus earned a 7-5 win, the first doubles win for a Hawk duo against Penn in at least 20 years.
 
• Tronhus won the first set of her fourth-flight singles match as well, but the Quakers secured three wins to claim the overall match victory before play was halted.
 
HAWK TALK
"Today we played a talented Penn team," head coach Jeff Puhan said.  "We saw some individual success from our freshman duo, June Tronhus and Elena Fleming, at second doubles; then, with June winning the first set at fourth singles, 7-5, before the match was clinched.  We have three freshmen in the starting lineup, so these are learning moments.  I'm confident we will grow with every match."
 
RESULTS
 
Penn 4, Saint Joseph's 0
 
Doubles
1. Maya Urata / Esha Velaga (Penn) def. Wiktoria Czerny / Victoria Tracey (SJU), 6-2
2. Elena Fleming / June Tronhus (SJU) def. Joleen Saw / Liza Tkachenko (Penn), 7-5
3. Lara Stojanovski / Varsha Vedula (Penn) def. Valeria Casusol / Amari O'Brien (SJU), 6-1
Order of Finish: 3, 1, 2
 
Singles
1. #89 Velaga (Penn) def. Czerny (SJU), 6-1, 6-1
2. Stojanovski (Penn) def. Casusol (SJU), 6-2, 6-1
3. Urata (Penn) led Tracey (SJU), 6-1, 4-1, unfinished
4. Tronhus (SJU) led Tkachenko (Penn), 7-5, unfinished
5. Saw (Penn) def. Fleming (SJU), 6-1, 6-1
6. Vedula (Penn) led O'Brien (SJU), 6-3, 1-3, unfinished
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 5