The #6 Keiser University men's tennis team came from behind to take down NCAA Division II defending National Champions and #7 Barry 5-4 on Tuesday.
 
The Seahawks started the day quick as the new doubles pair of Nicolas Guerschanik and Arthur Bonnaud won 8-4 at the third spot for an early 1-0 lead. However, Barry leveled the match at 1-1 when Martin Martins and Guilherme Cunha fell 8-2 in the second spot.
 
The other new doubles pair of Rafael Lenz and Shaquille Taylor at the top doubles spot broke the tie and put Keiser back ahead 2-1 with their 8-3 victory.
 
Once singles play started, Barry reasserted itself and showed why they were the defending national champions by taking the #1 and #2 singles spots over Guerschanik 6-2, 6-1 and Martins 6-2, 6-2 for a 3-2 advantage. Lenz then fell at #3 6-3, 6-3 extending the deficit to 4-2 and putting the Buccaneers within one win from clinching the match.
 
Taylor began the comeback with a 6-4, 6-4 win at #5 getting to within 4-3, and Ignacio Osse at #6 rallied from a set down to win an emotional three set thriller 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 knotting it at 4-4.
 
The match came down to the undefeated freshmen Bonnaud at #4 who won the first 6-4 before struggling with  cramps and falling in the second 6-4 evening the match. Still struggling with leg cramps, Arthur trailed 3-4 before digging deep and rallying off the next three thrilling games to the take third set 6-4, clinching the 5-4 win for the Seahawks
 
Head Coach Daniel Finn said, "I can't tell you how proud of the boys I am. This is a special group of young men. The crazy thing is we didn't really have our best stuff in singles today, but the boys just got really gritty and fought together.  They won this match by fighting point by point for each other and that makes it great as a coach. At one point we were 2-4 down and it wasn't looking good. The effort and heart the boys showed to come back from the brink and beat the NCAA Division II defending national champions was amazing. There was no quit today and that's a huge accomplishment. The boys have a lot to be proud of, but tomorrow will be a new day and we will get back to work and prepare for a big weekend"