Holden, Mass. - The Adelphi University men's tennis team closed out the regular season with an 8-1 win over the Assumption Greyhounds on Saturday afternoon, and in the process clinched both the No. 2 seed in the Northeast-10 Conference Tournament, a quarterfinal bye and a home semifinal match this Thursday.

For the third straight match, the Brown and Gold (9-4, 9-1 NE-10) moved ahead 3-0 in the match by sweeping doubles action. All three matches were hard-fought, as Matteo Cannavera and Uladzislau Litvinchuk, along with Sander Brenner and Justin Vijungco, took 8-5 victories at No. 1 and No. 2. Playing for the first time together all season, Chiwete Njokanma and Sebastian Zapata assured Adelphi the third point as they edged out a tiebreak set, 9-8, against Marco Leung and Tom Knight of Assumption (9-9, 6-4 NE-10) at third flight.

In singles, Adelphi claimed five singles matches, all in straight sets, to clinch the victory. Cannavera led the way at No. 1 singles with a 6-1, 6-1 win, while Njokanma followed up at No. 4 with a double bagel, 6-0, 6-0 victory. Brenner edged Viljami Rahnasto in a tight first set before rolling in the second to the tune of a 7-5, 6-0 win, while Zapata and Vijungco took home straight-forward 6-3, 6-3 and 6-1, 6-2 wins at No. 5 and No. 6, respectively.

Doubles
1. Matteo Cannavera/Uladzislau Litvinchuk (ADE) def. Chris Waung/Viljami Rahnasto (ASM) 8-5
2. Sander Brenner/Justin Vijungco (ADE) def. Jakob Zylak/Casey Hodor (ASM) 8-5
3. Chiwete Njokanma/Sebastian Zapata (ADE) def. Marco Leung/Tom Knight (ASM) 9-8

Singles
1. Cannavera (ADE) def. Waung (ASM) 6-1, 6-1
2. Leung (ASM) def. Litvinchuk (ADE) 5-7, 6-2, 10-6
3. Brenner (ADE) def. Rahnasto (ASM0 7-5, 6-0
4. Njokanma (ADE) def. Hodor (ASM) 6-0, 6-0
5. Zapata (ADE) def. Zylak (ASM) 6-3, 6-3
6. Vijungco (ADE) def. Knight (ASM) 6-1, 6-2

Clinching the No. 2 seed with today's win, Adelphi will host the winner of the match between No. 6 Le Moyne and No. 3 Stonehill on Thursday following a quarterfinal bye. The full schedule for the conference tournament is as follows:

Tuesday, April 21st  - Quarterfinals ­
Match 1: No. 6 Le Moyne at No. 3 Stonehill, 2:00 pm 
Match 2: No. 5 Assumption at No. 4 Bentley, 2:00 pm 

Thursday, April 23rd - Semifinals 
Match 3: Winner of Match 1 at No. 2 Adelphi, 2:00 pm
Match 4: Winner of Match 2 at No. 1 Merrimack, 2:00 pm

Saturday, April 25th - Championship (at Highest Remaining Seed?)
Match 5: Match 3 Winner vs. Match 4 Winner ­1:00 pm