Garden City, N.Y.  -  The Adelphi University women's tennis team will get the chance to win a third straight Northeast-10 Conference Championship on Sunday, after the second-seeded Panthers defeated the third-seeded Southern New Hampshire Penmen, 5-1, on home court in the semifinals.

The Panthers will face the top seeded Stonehill Skyhawks in Easton, Mass. in the championship, after the regular season champions rallied to beat Le Moyne College in a tense semifinal, 5-4. Sunday's championship is a rematch of the last two NE10 finals, both won by the Panthers. The 2015 championship was played on Long Island, with Adelphi winning 5-2, before the Panthers traveled to Massachusetts to win the 2016 title, 5-4.

The NE10 Player of the Year, Rebecca Fakas, clinch the Adelphi (13-1) victory with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Anna Sala at No.1 singles, as Adelphi won the three completed singles matches in straight sets. The Brown and Gold led 2-1 heading into singles, winning at No.2 and No.1 before SNHU (11-4) got on the board with a win at No.3.

Nicole Kielan defeated Kaitlyn Poje, 6-3, 6-2 to kick singles off for Adelphi, before Elizabeth Kallenberg followed up with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Sofia Morais at No.2.

Doubles
1. Rebecca Fakas/Karen Serina (ADE) def. Anna Sala/Casey Burns (SNH) 8-3
2. Elizabeth Kallenberg/Samantha Perri (ADE) def. Kaitlyn Poje/Lindsay Baum (SNH) 8-3
3. Sofia Morais/Rachel Wagner (SNH) def. Nicole Kielan/Vanja Savic (ADE) 8-3

Singles
1. Rebecca Fakas (ADE) def. Anna Sala (SNH) 6-3, 6-4
2. Elizabeth Kallenberg (ADE) def. Sofia Morais (SNH) 6-3, 6-1
3. Nicole Kielan (ADE) def. Kaitlyn Poje (SNH) 6-3, 6-2
4. Samantha Perri (ADE) vs. Casey Burns (SNH) 6-3, 2-6, unfinished
5. Karen Serina (ADE) vs. Rachel Wagner (SNH) 0-0, unfinished
6. Vanja Savic (ADE) vs. Lindsay Baum (SNH) did not start

The Panthers and Skyhawks faced off on Sept. 16 in the regular season, where the Skyhawks dealt Adelphi its only regular season defeat so far, 6-3.

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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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