West Haven, Conn. - In its final road contest of the fall, the Adelphi University women's tennis team bested University of New Haven, 7-0, in NE10 action Wednesday at the New Haven Tennis Courts.
After losing two in a row on back-to-back weekends, the Panthers have since won two straight and improved to 6-2 overall and 5-2 in NE10 play.
A clean sweep in doubles is how things got started. The respective No. 1 and No. 3 tandems of
Barbie Quagliardi and
Caterina Federici, and
Julia Kielan and
Carolina Chaves won by identical 6-3 decisions. Kielan and Chaves are a near-perfect 7-1 thus far in dual doubles competition.
Louisa Junghanns and
Amanda Franstedt contributed a 6-2 result in second doubles.
In singles, Federici and Junghanns each played a tiebreaker and prevailed in their individual matches. Federici won 7-6 (7-5), 6-1 in third singles. Franstedt's match needed a third set in a 1-6, 7-6 (7-4), 10-5 decision.
Junghanns won her third-consecutive singles match with a 7-5, 6-2 straight-set victory at the top flight. Quagliardi triumphed favorably in second singles, 6-1, 6-0. Kielan (6-3, 6-4) and Chaves (6-0, 6-1) also breezed to straight-set results.
Head Coach
Rebecca Fakas and her Adelphi squad will now close out the fall with three home matches, starting this Tuesday (Oct. 12) at 1 p.m. against defending NE10 Tournament champion Franklin Pierce University in Garden City, N.Y.