RINDGE, N.H. (October 24, 2021) – For the second straight year, the No. 3-seeded Franklin Pierce University women's tennis team claimed the Northeast-10 title after prevailing, 4-1, over the No. 4-seeded Adelphi University at the Tennis Courts on Sunday afternoon. Graduate student Estela Carra (Logrono, Spain) clinched the deciding point for the Ravens, as she finished 6-3, 6-2 at No. 4 singles, before her teammates piled on top of her on the court.  

The Ravens improve to 11-2 overall on the season and secure the NE10's automatic berth to the NCAA Championship in the spring. With the loss, Adelphi falls to 10-4 on the year and will rely on an at-large bid to qualify for NCAAs.

In doubles competition, Adelphi grabbed the point to take the early lead. Graduate student duo Anais Geslin (Livry-Gargin, France) and Carra started the Ravens off strong with a quick 6-1 win over Louisa Junghanns and Amanda Franstedt of Adelphi at court No. 2, before Adelphi's pair of Julie Kielan and Carolina Chaves defeated sophomores Maria Penalver Aguilo (Las Palmas, Spain) and Zoe Asterio Correa (Toronto, Ontario), 6-3 at No. 3.

With the teams tied at one apiece, the doubles point came down to the marathon match on court No. 1 between graduate student Himani Mor (Sonipat, India) and junior Liria Loria (La Paz, Bolivia), and Adelphi's Caterina Federici and Barbie Quagliardi. Ultimately, the point went to the Panthers, as Federici and Quagliardi won 7-6(2).

Down 1-0, Franklin Pierce got to work in singles play. Loria finished first at No. 3, racing to a 6-0, 6-2 win over Federici of Adelphi, to make the match a 1-1 draw. On No. 2 singles, Mor downed Quagliardi 6-3, 6-1, to give the Ravens a slight 2-1 advantage, while Penalver Aguilo picked up her point after defeating Junghanns 6-4, 6-3 at court No. 1 to extend the Crimson and Grey's lead to 3-1. Carra led 5-2 in the second set, as her teammates watched anxiously on the side, before clinching the match for the Ravens, winning 6-3, 6-2 over Franstedt of Adelphi.

At No. 5 singles, Geslin had a 3-1 lead in the first over her Adelphi opponent Kielan, before the match ended abruptly, while Asterio Correa and her opponent Chaves of Adelphi were getting ready to start their match at No. 6.

At the conclusion of play, Carra, Loria and Penalver Aguilo were all named to the NE10 All-Championship Team.