FLUSHING, N.Y. –Third-seeded Southern New Hampshire University advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division II Women's Tennis Championship with a 5-2 win over No. 6 seed Adelphi University Friday evening at Queens College.  The Penmen, who have now won 19 matches in a row, improve to 20-1, while the Panthers see their season come to a close at 14-4.

SNHU now advances to face second-seeded Queens, a 5-0 winner over Saint Michael's in Friday's other first round match.  The match is slated for a 10:00 am start Saturday, but will be pushed back to 11:00 am if the match is moved indoors to Queens' indoor facility should inclement weather arrive.

Southern New Hampshire rallied from a 2-1 deficit after doubles play by winning each of the first four singles matches to finish.  Alena Mukdaprakorn (Hartford, Conn.) captured the first set from Adelphi's Alda Ribeiro 6-1 at No. 2 before Ribeiro was forced to retire with an injury.  Samantha Jean (Bedford, N.H.) would give the Penmen a 3-2 lead with a 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 5 before Amber Chandronnait (Bow, N.H.) made it 4-2 with a 6-1, 6-0 win at No. 1 singles.

Kara Pease (Falmouth, Mass.) clinched the win for Southern New Hampshire with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Megan Margino.

In doubles play, Catalina Echeverry (Cali, Colombia) and Alison Waring (Westboro, Mass.) were 8-2 winners at No. 2 doubles.  Chandronnait and Mukdaprakorn suffered just their second loss of the season at first doubles, as Adelphi's Ribeiro and Maria Toft rallied from a 5-2 deficit to post an 8-6 win.  Pease and Jean fell in a tiebreaker at third doubles.

NCAA Division II Women's Tennis Championship
East Region – First Round
Hosted by Queens College – Flushing , N.Y.

No. 3 Southern New Hampshire 5, No. 6 Adelphi 2

DOUBLES

No. 1 – Maria Toft/Alda Ribeiro (ADE) def. Amber Chandronnait/Alena Mukdaprakorn (SNH) 8-6
No. 2 – Catalina Echeverry/Alison Waring (SNH) def. Michelle Gurda/Nicole Byrnes (ADE) 8-2
No. 3 – Carolyn Smith/Megan Margino (ADE) def. Samantha Jean/Kara Pease (SNH) 9-8 (5)

SINGLES

No. 1 – Chandronnait (SNH) def. Toft (ADE) 6-1, 6-0
No. 2 – Mukdaprakorn (SNH) def. Ribeiro (ADE) 6-1, retired
No. 3 – Echeverry (SNH) vs. Gurda (ADE) 6-4, 1-2 (unfinished)
No. 4 – Waring (SNH) vs.  Amanda Aniboli (ADE) 5-7, 0-5 (unfinished)
No. 5 – Jean (SNH) def. Jamie Sussman (ADE) 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 – Pease (SNH) def. Margino (ADE) 6-4, 6-3

Records: SNH 20-1, ADE 14-4