The #6 Keiser University men's tennis team won the programs first ever Regular Season Sun Conference Championship on Friday afternoon with an 8-1 win over SCAD. The Seahawks improved to 17-2 overall and finished with a perfect 6-0 mark in conference play.
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The Seahawks started the day off right as the #3 doubles duo of
Nicolas Guerschanik and
Arthur Bonnaud rolled to an 8-2 win. Then the #2 pair of
Guilherme Cunha and
Luis Sanchez won 8-4 and
Rafael Lenz and
Shaquille Taylor capped the doubles sweep with an 8-5 win in the top spot after coming back from a break down.
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Bonnaud, the undefeated freshmen grabbed the first singles point with his 6-2, 6-2 victory at #4 upping the advantage to 4-0. Taylor then clinched the match with his 6-1, 6-2 win at #5 to lead 5-0.
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Lenz was victorious 6-4, 6-1 at #3 to push the lead out to 6-0 and Sanchez came out on top 6- 3, 6-2 to lead 7-0. The Bees grabbed its only point of the day in top spot in a 0-6. 6-1, 6-3 win over Guerschanik making it 7-1.
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Martin Martins closed out the day at #2 as he would rematch a three hour Fall ITA thriller. Today would be much of the same as he won 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 (4) to secure the 8-1 win for Keiser.
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"I'm obviously really proud of the boys," said Head Coach
Daniel Finn. "Anytime you are playing to do something for the first time in school history there are the stressors and the pressures, but before the match we went ahead and addressed how to handle it. I thought the boys did a great job of that and came out with a lot of energy. We did an awesome job of controlling the tempo and playing in our terms. The guys will enjoy this for now but come Monday we will get right back to work and prepare for Florida Atlantic on Friday and the Sun Conference Tournament in two weeks."
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