EASTON, Mass. – The Saint Anselm College women's tennis team took on the No. 2-ranked team in the East Region on Sunday, falling to Stonehill College by a 4-0 margin in a match played at the Charles Watt Tennis Courts.

Saint Anselm drops to 0-1 on the season and in Northeast-10 Conference play. Stonehill (1-0, 1-0 NE10), the runner-up in the 2021 NCAA Division II East Region Championship, found itself receiving votes in the Oracle/ITA Division II Women's National Team Rankings to conclude the 2021 season.

Cristina Solorzano Valencia and Steffi Antao cruised to a No. 1 doubles victory for Stonehill and the No. 3 doubles pairing of Lily Peter and Marissa Such handled the Hawks freshman duo of Julia Svor (Lewiston, Maine) and Julia Casaletto (Rowley, Mass.), who were making their collegiate debut.

Antao, ranked No. 10 in the region as a singles player, blanked her opponent at No. 2 singles before Samantha Ormesher tripped up freshman Bridget Hughes (Rockland, Mass.), 6-2, 6-0 to create a 3-0 lead for Stonehill. The match ended with a Solorzano Valencia (No. 4-ranked singles player in East Region) victory over Anastasia Kapothanasis (Westbrook, Maine) at No. 1 singles.

Elle Doucette (Newburyport, Mass.) was in the process of making her collegiate debut at No. 5 singles and was tied at 2-2 in the second game before the match was called.

Saint Anselm hosts New Haven on Sunday, Sept. 12 at 1 p.m. All home matches for the Hawks will be played at the Derryfield School.