The Saint Joseph's women's tennis team will host Bucknell on Friday morning, while the men's squad heads to Penn State on Saturday.
Women's Tennis vs. Bucknell – Friday, 9:00 a.m.
• Just the fifth meeting all-time between the Hawks and the Bison
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Wiktoria Czerny and
Gisele Tang were singles winners in a narrow 4-3 defeat to the Bison in last year's matchup
• The match serves as the Hawks' spring home opener at Springton Tennis Club. The Hawks have won four of their previous five spring home opening matches
• A win would mark the best five-match start to a season in three years for the Hawks
Men's Tennis at Penn State – Saturday, 9:30 a.m.
• First time the Hawks have taken on the Nittany Lions since 2009
• The Hawks enter the weekend with momentum, highlighted by
Santiago Valle earning Atlantic 10 Player of the Week for the second time in his career
• In addition, the Hawks have claimed the A-10 Rookie of the Week award in each of the past two weeks, with
Damir Abdusamadov taking honors this week and
Jakob Gaudreau Barnes being honored last week
• The three different weekly A-10 award winners already match the amount of individuals claiming A-10 weekly awards from last season
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