BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Marist University women's tennis team went toe-to-toe with Patriot League and Big East competition at the Lehigh Invite this weekend, picking up several statement wins across two days of round-robin singles and doubles against Lafayette, Seton Hall, and Lehigh.

Senior Caterina Assi led the way for the Red Foxes with six victories across singles and doubles play, while she and junior Ella Lindsey each went undefeated in singles, posting 3-0 records against all three opponents.

Marist opened the weekend in dominant fashion in singles against Lafayette, winning six of seven matches. Assi got things started with a 6-4, 7-5 win, while junior Viktoria Lorentzon and Lindsey cruised in straight sets, 6-1, 6-1 and 6-0, 6-0, respectively. Junior Lola Ungerman battled through a second-set tiebreaker to close out her match, 6-3, 7-6(7), and sophomore Yasmin Asnis and sophomore Tessa Wachtel added straight-set victories of their own.

Later that day, Marist split its doubles matches with Seton Hall, with Assi and Asnis teaming up for a 6-4 win over the Pirates' Sereda/Segui pairing.

Marist closed out day one in singles against Lehigh, where Assi turned in the highlight of the tournament, rallying from a first-set loss to force and win a match tiebreak, 6-3, 0-6, 10-4. Lindsey also picked up a win against the Mountain Hawks, 7-5, 6-4.

Day two began with Marist sweeping all three doubles matches against Lehigh. The pairings of Wachtel/Lorentzon (7-5), Ungerman/Asnis (6-2), and Assi/senior Jane Wright (6-4) all came through with victories.

In singles against Seton Hall, Assi extended her unbeaten weekend with an 8-5 win, while Asnis fought off a Pirates rally to escape with an 8-7(4) tiebreak victory, and Lindsey rounded out the Red Foxes' wins, 8-2.

Marist wrapped up the tournament in doubles against Lafayette, taking two of three matches behind wins from Ungerman/Asnis (6-2) and Assi/Lindsey (6-2).

• The Red Foxes are back in action the following weekend at the Army Invite on Sept, 19-20.