Flushing, N.Y. -- The Adelphi University women's tennis team was handed its first defeat since September on Friday, as the Panthers were upended by the Knights of Queens College, 7-2.

It was a big regional match for both teams, as Queens (12-2) ranked second in the NCAA East Regional Rankings and the Panthers (12-5) were ranked fourth. Queens captured two of the three doubles points before taking five of the six singles matches, but the Brown and Gold got a tiebreak win from Rebecca Fakas and Karen Serina at No. 1 doubles, before Samantha Perri rallied from a set down to win at No. 4 singles.

Doubles
1. Rebecca Fakas/Karen Serina (ADE) def. Angelika Sobiecka/Emy Alplund (QUEW) 9-8 (7-4)
2. Laura Ortega Jover/Reehan Rashad (QUEW) def. Elizabeth Kallenberg/Samantha Perri (ADE) 8-6
3. Line Sorsdahl Aasen/Araceli Bel (QUEW) def. No player/No player (ADE), by default

Singles 
1. Reehan Rashad (QUEW) def. Rebecca Fakas (ADE) 3-6, 7-5, 10-8
2. Laura Ortega Jover (QUEW) def. Elizabeth Kallenberg (ADE) 6-3, 6-2
3. Angelika Sobiecka (QUEW) def. Karen Serina (ADE) 6-2, 6-1
4. Samantha Perri (ADE) def. Emy Alplund (QUEW) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
5. Ruth Artaza Martin (QUEW) def. Vanja Savic (ADE) 6-3, 7-5
6. Darya Kolesnichenko (QUEW) def. No player (ADE), by default

The Panthers return to action on Saturday, April 8 when they host Wilmington in a 1 pm regional matchup.

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Adelphi University joined the Northeast-10 Conference in the fall of 2009 and in the past seven seasons, has collected 21 regular season conference titles, 25 tournament championships, 33 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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