SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – The Saint Anselm College women's tennis team picked up its fourth win in its last five Northeast-10 Conference matches by virtue of a 7-2 victory at American International College on Wednesday afternoon at Central High School.

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Jess Perkins, Kaitlin Hughes and Bridget Keefe were each victorious in both singles and doubles for Saint Anselm (6-5, 5-5 NE-10). The win improved the Hawks to 29-1 all-time against American International (1-10, 1-9 NE-10).

The Yellow Jackets won a close match at No. 1 doubles but the Hawks recorded wins at the second and third spots to take a lead into singles. Perkins and Hughes improved to 10-1 this season and posted their second-straight 8-0 win at No. 2 doubles. Bridget Keefe teamed with Lexi Stathis for an 8-3 triumph at the third spot in Stathis' first match of the season.

In singles, Saint Anselm earned five straight-set wins without dropping more than three games in any of the 10 sets won. Coming off a runner-up finish at the ITA East Regional, Perkins registered her eighth 6-0, 6-0 win of the season at No. 1 singles. The victory was the 41st singles win of Perkins' career, the most in recorded program history.

Tess Malerbi and Caroline Templer each evened their NE-10 records at 5-5 with singles wins. Malerbi secured a 6-3, 6-1 win at No. 2 singles, while Templer won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 5 singles.

Like Templer, Hughes dropped just one game in singles to improve to 7-4 this season after a 6-0, 6-1 victory at the fourth spot. Keefe did not drop a single game at No. 6 singles, rolling to a 6-0, 6-0 win.

Saint Anselm hosts Plymouth State on Friday, Oct. 7 at 3:30 p.m.