Waltham, Mass. - The Adelphi University men's tennis team dropped its final regular season match to the Falcons of Bentley University on Saturday afternoon, 5-4, on the campus of Brandeis University.
Adelphi (4-10, 4-5 NE10) salvaged a point at second doubles by virtue of a tiebreak victory for
Ilya Kalabukhau and
Luke Attride-Stirling, but were ultimately unable to overcome an early deficit en route to defeat. The Falcons won three of the first four completed singles matches to clinch the win, as Adelphi's lone win in those matches was for
Matteo Cannavera at the top spot.
Bentley clinched the match with a straight sets win for Michael Fuca over Attride-Stirling at No.5, before Kalabukhau and
David Robres de Veciana each scored match tiebreak wins at No.4 and No.3, with the former coming from a set down.
By virtue of a win on Friday by Stonehill College against Assumption College, the Panthers and Skyhawks finished with an identical 4-5 league record. However, a win for Stonehill in the head-to-head meeting this season secured them the sixth and final spot in the NE10 Championships, as Adelphi misses the postseason.
Doubles
1. Brendan McCarthy/George Samander (BEN) def.
Sabin Adrian Saveluc/
Matteo Cannavera (ADE) 8-5
2.
Ilya Kalabukhau/
Luke Attride-Stirling (ADE) def. Michael Fuca/Brett Gilman (BEN) 9-8 (7-4)
3. Dylan Granat/Connor Aulson (BEN) def.
Connor Dove/
David Robres de Veciana (ADE) 8-3
Singles
1.
Matteo Cannavera (ADE) def. Brendan McCarthy (BEN) 6-4, 6-0
2. George Samander (BEN) def.
Sabin Adrian Saveluc (ADE) 6-1, 6-1
3.
David Robres de Veciana (ADE) def. Dylan Granat (BEN) 6-3, 4-6, 10-8
4.
Ilya Kalabukhau (ADE) def. Daniel Weitz (BEN) 4-6, 6-4, 10-8
5. Michael Fuca (BEN) def.
Luke Attride-Stirling (ADE) 6-4, 6-1
6. Connor Aulson (BEN) def.
Connor Dove (ADE) 6-2, 6-0
About Adelphi Athletics
Adelphi University joined the Northeast-10 Conference in the fall of 2009, and in the past eight seasons, has collected 26 regular season conference titles, 28 tournament championships, 37 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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