Flushing, N.Y. – Over the weekend, the Adelphi tennis teams participated in the ITA East Regional at the USTA National Tennis Center.

On the men's side, Adelphi had three seeded players in Louca Bertone (2), Christian Capuccini (11) and Lucas Rosvall (13).

Leo Silverston earned a hard-fought 6-2, 6-4 first-round win before eventually falling in the Round of 32 to the No. 15 seed.

Pau Valles won his first-ever ITA regional match with a 6-1, 6-4 victory before dropping his next match to the No. 12 overall seed.

Bertone, who earned a bye into the second round, took care of Sebastian Garcia of Franklin Pierce, 6-1, 7(8)-6(6), before being upset in the Round of 16 by the No. 10 seed in a hard-fought match, 6-3, 1-6, 11-13.

Capuccini put together an impressive stretch of play in his first East Regional appearance. The Tennessee Tech transfer earned a 6-3, 6-4 first-round victory, followed by a 6-2, 6-2 win to advance to the Round of 16. Capuccini battled but eventually fell to the No. 3 overall seed.

In doubles play, Valles and Jorge Alcalde Miragaya won their first ITA match together, 8-4, over a duo from Assumption.

Bertone and Capuccini, seeded fourth, made the deepest run of any Adelphi pairing, advancing to the semifinals. Along the way, the two earned an 8-1 win in the Round of 16 and an 8-5 win in the quarterfinals.

On the women's side, Zuzanna Witkowska, the No. 4 overall seed, made quick work of her Round of 64 opponent, winning 6-3, 6-2 after receiving a bye. In the Round of 32, however, she was upset in a three-set thriller against the No. 21 seed, 5-7, 6-3, 6-10.

Madison Ericson won her first match of the tournament, fighting to a 7(7)-6(4), 7(7)-6(5) upset victory over the No. 17 seed from Jefferson. Ericson continued her strong play, this time taking on the No. 24 seed from Southern New Hampshire, but could not complete a second upset, falling in a tightly contested match, 1-6, 7(7)-6(4), 7-10.

Erle Helene Blaker made the deepest run of any Panther, reaching the quarterfinals. The No. 15-seeded freshman, who earned a bye into the Round of 64, won her first two matches, 6-2, 6-4 and 6-3, 6-2, knocking off the No. 23 overall seed in the process. Blaker then defeated the No. 25 seed, 6-4, 6-2, before falling to the eventual champion and No. 1 overall seed, Anouk Oderkerk of Jefferson.

In doubles play, Ericson and Sara Lindeman won their Round of 16 match, 8-6.

Witkowska and Blaker, seeded sixth overall, made a strong run to the quarterfinals, picking up an 8-2 win and an 8-4 win along the way.

Head coach Rebecca Fakas and the Adelphi tennis teams will be back on the court Friday. The women's team takes on Saint Anselm in Manchester at 1 p.m., while the men's team plays across town at Southern New Hampshire at 4 p.m.