North Easton, Mass. -- The Adelphi University men's tennis team closed out the regular season with a 7-2 victory over the Skyhawks of Stonehill College on Saturday afternoon, and secured the No. 3 seed in the upcoming Northeast-10 Conference tournament next week.

Adelphi (9-7, 8-2 NE-10) struck first with a win at top flight doubles as Matteo Cannavera and Uladzislau Litvinchuk claimed an 8-5 win at the top spot. From there, however, the Skyhawks (9-8, 5-4 NE-10) rallied to take a 2-1 lead after doubles by the slimmest of margins, as they claimed No. 2 and No. 3 doubles in tiebreaks by identical 7-5 scores. The Panthers fought throughout, including at No. 2 doubles, where despite trailing 7-3 in the set, Sebastian Zapata and Roey Heymann rallied to knot the pro set at 7-7 before eventually falling in a tiebreak. 

However, Adelphi quickly leveled at 2-2 behind a 6-2, 6-1 win for Daniel Khodosh at No. 6 singles, en route to a sweep of the singles matches to claim victory. Litvinchuk posted the most dominant win for the Panthers up next, winning 6-2, 6-0, before Brenner also followed up with a 6-4, 6-3 victory to put Adelphi a point away from clinching. The clincher came from Heymann at No. 5, who rallied after dropping the opening set to bagel his opponent in set two before coming all the way back to win 2-6, 6-0, 6-4. Finally, Cannavera returned to singles action with a 7-6(4), 6-3 win at No. 1, and Zapata ensured the Panthers remained perfect as he edged out a 6-3, 5-7, 10-8 win a match tiebreak.

With the win, the Panthers secured the third seed in the Northeast-10 Championship and will host the Skyhawks, who will be seeded #6, in rematch on Wednesday at 2 pm.

Doubles
1. Matteo Cannavera/Uladzislau Litvinchuk (ADE) def. Thomas Bellio/Tom Buckley (STO) 8-5
2. Nikolay Lisichenok/Joan Castillo (STO) def. Sebastian Zapata/Roey Heymann (ADE) 9-8 (7-5)
3. Michael Doody/Dimitri Vlassov (STO) def. Sander Brenner/Connor Dove (ADE) 9-8 (7-5)

Singles
1. Matteo Cannavera (ADE) def. Thomas Bellio (STO) 7-6 (7-4), 6-3
2. Uladzislau Litvinchuk (ADE) def. Nikolay Lisichenok (STO) 6-2, 6-0
3. Sander Brenner (ADE) def. Joan Castillo (STO) 6-4, 6-3
4. Sebastian Zapata (ADE) def. Tom Buckley (STO) 6-3, 5-7, 10-8
5. Roey Heymann (ADE) def. Jeffrey Gagnon (STO) 2-6, 6-0, 6-4
6. Daniel Khodosh (ADE) def. Gerard Tierney (STO) 6-2, 6-1

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About Adelphi Athletics:
Adelphi University joined the Northeast-10 Conference in the fall of 2009 and in the past six seasons has collected 16 regular season conference titles, 21 tournament championships, 27 individual crowns and captured the Northeast-10 President's Cup twice (2013 and 2014), while winning five NCAA Division II National Championships.

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