Garden City, N.Y. - The Adelphi University women's tennis team won its first match played since winning the Northeast-10 Conference Championship in October on Sunday afternoon, edging the Pioneers of LIU Post, 5-4.

Despite being a player down and needing to forfeit at No.3 doubles and No.6 singles, Adelphi (15-1) won both doubles matches and clinched victory with thee singles wins.

Vanja Savic and Samantha Perri combined for three bagels in four sets in singles play to put the Panthers ahead of the Pioneers by a score of 4-1 in the match overall, and Nicole Kielan's 6-1, 6-4 victory at No.2 singles - her first match at the flight - clinched the win for the Brown and Gold overall.

The Panthers, who ranked fourth in the last edition of the NCAA Division II regional rankings, will find out their seeding in the NCAA tournament later this month.

Singles
1. Lara Scholtze (LIUP) def. Rebecca Fakas (ADE) 6-4, 1-6, 10-5
2. Nicole Kielan (ADE) def. Shanice Arthur (LIUP) 6-1, 6-4
3. Samantha Perri (ADE) def. Stanislava Klymova (LIUP) 6-0, 6-0
4. Veronika Koudelkova (LIUP) def. Karen Serina (ADE) 6-3, 6-4
5. Vanja Savic (ADE) def. Christina Jud (LIUP) 6-0, 7-5

Doubles
1. Rebecca Fakas/Karen Serina (ADE) def. Lara Scholtze/Veronika Koudelkova (LIUP) 8-4
2. Samantha Perri/Nicole Kielan (ADE) def. Shanice Arthur/Stanislava Klymova (LIUP) 8-3

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Adelphi University joined the Northeast-10 Conference in the fall of 2009, and in the past eight seasons, has collected 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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