West Hempstead, N.Y. - The Adelphi University women's tennis team will ride a 10-match winning streak into the Northeast-10 Conference Tournament, after the Panthers blanked Saint Anselm, 9-0, in their final regular season match on Sunday.

Prior to Sunday's match at the Hempstead Lake Indoor Tennis Center, moved indoors to begin an hour later due to rainy conditions, Adelphi (12-1, 11-1 NE10) honored its three graduating seniors: Rebecca Fakas, Elizabeth Kallenberg and Vanja Savic. 

The Panthers set the tone with two 8-0 bagel sets in doubles at No.3 and No.2, as Savic and Kallenberg partnered Samantha Perri and Nicole Kielan, respectively, to wins at the flight. Fakas and Karen Serina had the toughest match of the day in the top spot, but edged the Hawks' (5-8, 4-8 NE10) Jess Perkins and Kaitlin Hughes, 9-7 for the 3-0 lead. 

Perri and Kallenberg gave Adelphi an unassailable 5-0 lead with dominant singles wins, dropping just one game combined, as Fakas finished off the match in style, winning all six games in the second set after edging Perkins in a tight opener between two of the NE10's best players.

Doubles
1. Rebecca Fakas/Karen Serina (ADE) def. Jess Perkins/Kaitlin Hughes (STA) 9-7
2. Elizabeth Kallenberg/Samantha Perri (ADE) def. Tess Malerbi/Maikah Bulpitt (STA) 8-0
3. Nicole Kielan/Vanja Savic (ADE) def. Lexi Stathis/Kayla Hodas (STA) 8-0

Singles
1. Rebecca Fakas (ADE) def. Jess Perkins (STA) 7-5, 6-0
2. Elizabeth Kallenberg (ADE) def. Tess Malerbi (STA) 6-0, 6-0
3. Nicole Kielan (ADE) def. Kaitlin Hughes (STA) 6-1, 6-0
4. Samantha Perri (ADE) def. Lexi Stathis (STA) 6-1, 6-0
5. Karen Serina (ADE) def. Maikah Bulpitt (STA) 8-1
6. Vanja Savic (ADE) def. Kayla Hodas (STA) 8-1

Regular season NE10 is set to conclude next week, with the Panthers currently holding sole possession of second place in the standings behind Stonehill.

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Adelphi University joined the Northeast-10 Conference in the fall of 2009 and in the past eight seasons, has collected 23 regular season conference titles, 25 tournament championships, 33 individual crowns and captured the Northeast-10 Presidents' Cup four times (2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017), while winning six NCAA Division II National Championships.

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