Flushing, N.Y. - The Adelphi University men's tennis team fell to the East Region's second-best team in the Queens (N.Y.) College Knights on Thursday afternoon, 8-1.

The Knights (8-0) remained perfect on the season thanks to a dominating display which began in doubles, as the home team took all three matches by 8-2 set scores indoors at the QC Tennis Center to move ahead in the match.

Adelphi (1-4) had a bright spot at No.5 singles, as freshman Luke Attride-Stirling scored a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Hugo Andrade for the Panthers' lone point in the match.

After facing off against the second-ranked team in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) East Region rankings in Queens, the Panthers will next face the top team in the region in Concordia (N.Y.) in a 4 p.m. contest on Saturday, March 17.

Doubles
1. Gabriel Mendez/Roman Laga (QUEM) def. Matteo Cannavera/Luke Attride-Stirling (ADE) 8-2
2. Lucas Martinez/Cosme Jubera (QUEM) def. Sabin Adrian Saveluc/Connor Dove (ADE) 8-2
3. Camilo Arias/Jose Zurro (QUEM) def. David Robres de Veciana/Ilya Kalabukhau (ADE) 8-2

Singles
1. Cosme Jubera (QUEM) def. Matteo Cannavera (ADE) 6-3, 6-1
2. Roman Laga(QUEM) def. Sabin Adrian Saveluc (ADE) 6-3, 6-1
3. Richard Sec (QUEM) def. David Robres de Veciana (ADE) 6-0, 6-1
4. Jose Zurro (QUEM) def. Ilya Kalabukhau (ADE) 6-1, 6-1
5. Luke Attride-Stirling (ADE) def. Hugo Andrade (QUEM) 7-5, 6-3
6. Miguel Bendito (QUEM) def. Connor Dove (ADE) 6-1, 6-1

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Adelphi University joined the Northeast-10 Conference in the fall of 2009, and in the past eight seasons, has collected 25 regular season conference titles, 26 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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