Northeast-10 Championship semifinals
#3 Southern New Hampshire (11-3, 9-3 NE10)
vs.
#2 Adelphi (12-1, 11-1 NE10)
Friday, October 27, 2017 - 1 p.m.
Adelphi Tennis Courts - Garden City, N.Y.
SERIES: Tied, 7-7
LAST MEETING: Adelphi 5, SNHU 4 (10/01/17 at Manchester, N.H.)
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE
Last time out: SNHU 5, Merrimack 0 (10/25/17 at Goffstown, N.H.)
Streak: Won 6
Singles:
No. 1 Anna Sala – 15-2 (11-1 NE-10)
No. 2 Sofia Morais – 11-3 (8-3 NE-10)
No. 3 Kaitlyn Poje – 5-8 (4-6 NE-10)
No. 4 Casey Burns – 11-2 (7-2 NE-10)
No. 5 Rachel Wagner – 7-3 (6-2 NE-10)
No. 6 Lindsay Baum – 10-3 (9-2 NE-10)
Doubles:
No. 1 Anna Sala/Casey Burns – 6-0 (4-0 NE-10)
No. 2 Lindsay Baum/Kaitlyn Poje – 2-4 (1-3 NE-10)
No. 3 Sofia Morais/Rachel Wagner – 4-0 (3-0 NE-10)
Notes: Third-seeded Southern New Hampshire is coming off a 5-0 blanking of sixth-seeded Merrimack on Wednesday in a Northeast-10 Championship first round tilt. The win advanced the Penmen to the semifinal round for the 11th straight season. SNHU is 14-10 (.583) all-time in the Northeast-10 Championship, while its three league crowns are tied for the second most among active NE10 members with Merrimack. The Penmen have not advanced to the conference final since 2013 and have not captured a championship since they pulled off a three-peat from 2010-12.
ADELPHI
Last time out: Adelphi 9, Saint Anselm 0 (10/15/17 at Garden City, N.Y.)
Streak: Won 10
Singles:
No. 1 Rebecca Fakas – 14-2 (11-1 NE-10)
No. 2 Elizabeth Kallenberg – 9-4 (9-2 NE-10)
No. 3 Nicole Kielan – 10-2 (9-1 NE-10)
No. 4 Samantha Perri – 16-1 (12-0 NE-10)
No. 5 Karen Serina – 9-5 (7-4 NE-10)
No. 6 Vanja Savic – 8-5 (7-5 NE-10)
Doubles:
No. 1 Rebecca Fakas/Karen Serina – 12-3 (11-1 NE-10)
No. 2 Elizabeth Kallenberg/Samantha Perri – 13-2 (10-1 NE-10)
No. 3 Nicole Kielan/Vanja Savic – 9-3 (7-2 NE-10)
Notes: Second-seeded Adelphi is 9-5 (.643) all-time in the Northeast-10 Championship and is looking to reach its third straight conference final. The Panthers have advanced to the league final three of the last four years and have won the last two conference crowns. Adelphi downed SNHU, 5-1, in last year's semifinal. Adelphi, with a bye through the first round as the No. 2 seed, has been off since Oct. 15 when it wrapped the regular season with a 9-0 victory over Saint Anselm.
