NEWARK, N.J. – A late surge during singles play wasn't enough for the Saint Joseph's women's tennis team, which fell to NJIT by a 6-1 score on Saturday.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Highlanders took the lead after doubles play, sweeping all three flights.
 
• After the hosts took the top two singles flights to make it a 3-0 match, Gisele Tang secured a point for the Hawks with a supertiebreaker win in the sixth flight.
 
• June Tronhus and Amari O'Brien would push their fourth- and fifth-flight matches, respectively, to supertiebreakers as well, but both would fall at the very end.  NJIT finished off the match with a win in the third flight.
 
UP NEXT
The Hawks will visit Lehigh on February 22.
 
RESULTS
 
NJIT 6, Saint Joseph's 1
 
Doubles
1. Irene Cocero / Laura Wipfli (NJIT) def. Wiktoria Czerny / Victoria Tracey (SJU), 6-0
2. Feyza Ebrar Aydin / Paula Menendez (NJIT) def. Valeria Casusol / June Tronhus (SJU), 6-3
3. Diana Fernandes / Petra Koszo (NJIT) def. Claudia Perez-Garcia / Brooke Tackett (SJU), 6-2
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2
 
Singles
1. Wipfli (NJIT) def. Czerny (SJU), 6-1, 6-2
2. Menendez (NJIT) def. Casusol (SJU), 6-0, 6-3
3. Cocero (NJIT) def. Tracey (SJU), 6-2, 6-4
4. Aydin (NJIT) def. Tronhus (SJU), 6-4, 6-7, 10-8 (STB)
5. Asima Sazan (NJIT) def. Amari O'Brien (SJU), 6-3, 5-7, 11-9 (STB)
6. Gisele Tang (SJU) def. Lusia Hepcal Barcan (NJIT), 2-6, 6-3, 10-4 (STB)
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 6, 5, 4, 3