MERION STATION, Pa. – The Saint Joseph's women's tennis team defeated Chestnut Hill, 5-2, on Tuesday afternoon in the Hawks' final home match of the season at the SJU Tennis Complex.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Hawks took the lead via the doubles point when Claudia Perez-Garcia and Brooke Tackett topped their second-flight opponents, 6-3, and the Hawks claimed the third flight via walkover.
 
• Amari O'Brien dropped just one game on the way to a win in the top singles flight; Perez-Garcia then clinched things for the Hawks with a supertiebreaker win in the third flight.
 
UP NEXT
The Hawks head to Richmond, Virginia, to take on Duquesne on Friday and VCU on Saturday.
 
RESULTS
 
Saint Joseph's 5, Chestnut Hill 2
 
Doubles
1. Lilian Bandel / Elena Guisasola (CHC) def. Valeria Casusol / Amari O'Brien (SJU), 6-4
2. Claudia Perez-Garcia / Brooke Tackett (SJU) def. Veronika Lundgren / Milica Zagorac (CHC), 6-3
3. Evelyn Mejia / Gisele Tang (SJU) win via walkover
Order of Finish: 2, 1
 
Singles
1. O'Brien (SJU) def. Guisasola (CHC), 6-0, 6-1
2. Zagorac (CHC) def. Tackett (SJU), 0-6, 6-4, 12-10 (STB)
3. Perez-Garcia (SJU) def. Lundgren (CHC), 6-1, 2-6, 10-6 (STB)
4. Bandel (CHC) def. Mejia (SJU), 6-3, 6-0
5. June Tronhus (SJU) win via walkover
6. Victoria Tracey (SJU) win via walkover
Order of Finish: 1, 4, 3, 2