West Hempstead, N.Y. -- In a rematch of last season's Northeast-10 Championship, the Adelphi University women's tennis team scored a crucial win for their playoff hopes this season over the league-leading Stonehill College Skyhawks on Sunday at Hempstead Lake Indoor Tennis Center.

The Panthers (8-3, 8-3 NE-10) handed the Skyhakws (10-2, 10-1 NE-10) their first NE-10 loss of the year thanks in part to winning two of three doubles matches. Elizabeth Kallenberg returned to the Adelphi lineup to partner Samantha Perri for an 8-5 win at No. 2 doubles to start Adelphi's day, before the Stonehill team of Emma Prinos and Nicole Downey won by an identical score at No. 3, despite Vanja Savic and Maria Bruzon Gutierrez pulling from 2-5 to 5-5, to even the match at 1-1. The key match came at No. 1, where Rebecca Fakas and Karen Serina edged Alexandra Vo and Victoria Barbetta by a 9-7 score to secure the 2-1 lead.

A retirement win for Vo over Kallenberg at No. 2 and a straight sets win for Downey over Savic at No. 4 gave the Skayhawks a 3-2 lead, but Fakas dropped just three games to defeat Barbetta at No. 1 to put the match at 3-3. From there, Serina rallied in strong fashion after dropping a tight second set to roll to a 6-1, 5-7, 6-0 win at No. 3, before the match was again tied thanks to Stonehill's O'Donnell's win at No. 6. That set the stage for Perri to deliver the clinching win, edging Prinos at No. 5 singles to give Adelphi the win. 

"We are so happy to have all the women back in action after a testing season to get this win today," Head Coach Joanna Haich said. "The display of tennis was outstanding today by all women from doubles to singles."

Doubles 
1. Rebecca Fakas/Karen Serina (ADE) d. Alexandra Vo/Victoria Barbetta (STO) 9-7
2. Elizabeth Kallenberg/Samantha Perri (ADE) d. Colleen O'Donnell/Carolina Alvarez (STO) 8-5
3. Emma Prinos/Nicole Downey (STO) d. Vanja Savic/Maria Bruzon Gutierrez (ADE) 8-5

Singles
1. Rebecca Fakas (ADE) d. Victoria Barbetta (STO) 6-2, 6-1
2. Alexandra Vo (STO) d. Elizabeth Kallenberg (ADE) 2-1, retired
3. Karen Serina (ADE) d. Carolina Alvarez (STO) 6-1, 5-7, 6-0
4. Nicole Downey (STO) d. Vanja Savic (ADE) 6-2, 6-4
5. Samantha Perri (ADE) d. Emma Prinos (STO) 7-5, 6-4
6. Colleen O'Donnell (STO) d. Maria Bruzon Gutierrez (ADE) 6-0, 6-1

The Panthers are back in action in their regular season finale on Oct. 15 at Saint Anselm College. 

NOTES
- Fakas and Perri remain undefeated in NE-10 singles play this season.
- Perri delivered the clinching win for the Panthers over Stonehill in a 5-4 regular season win last year as well.

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About Adelphi Athletics:
Adelphi University joined the Northeast-10 Conference in the fall of 2009 and in the past seven seasons, has collected 18 regular season conference titles, 22 tournament championships, 29 individual crowns and captured the Northeast-10 Presidents' Cup three times (2013, 2014, and 2016), while winning five NCAA Division II National Championships.

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