Match Information
Score: Keiser 9, Warner 0
Records: No. 4 Keiser (4-1, 2-0 TSC), No. 15 Warner (1-1, 0-1 TSC)
Location: Lake Wales, Fla.
Venue: Warner Tennis Courts
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Match Summary
The No. 4 ranked Keiser Seahawks trounced the 15
th ranked Warner Royals by the final score of 9-0 in Lake Wales, Fla. Today's match was a rematch of the 2016 Sun Conference Tournament Championship in which the Seahawks won, 5-0.
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Doubles
- The match began strongly in favor of the Seahawks as Shaquille Taylor and Francesco Oliva defeated Francisco Perafan and Renan Gambim, 8-3.
- The Keiser lead was then doubled to 2-0 after No. 12 ranked Julian Turosienski and Romai Ugarte cruised to the 8-2 victory over Carlos Pinel and Julian Cuartas from the No. 2 doubles position.
- No. 1 doubles proved to be a closer match but it was Keiser who claimed the 8-6 victory as Bastien Sorg, making his season debut, partnered up with Clement Raymond to defeat the No. 21 ranked Rafael Coutinho and Martynas Lukosiunas.
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Singles
- Arthur Bonnaud continued the winning streak for Keiser as the sophomore dominated Cuartas in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0 to pull the Seahawks to within one of clinching the match.
- Raymond clinched the match for the Seahawks with his 6-1, 6-0 victory over Lukosiunas in the No. 3 singles position.
- With the match clinched, the Seahawks kept on cruising as Sorg won his first singles match of the year, besting No. 38 Perafan in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2.
- Turosienski also claimed a straight-set victory over a ranked opponent as he defeated No. 41 Coutinho, 6-2, 6-1.
- Francesco Oliva and Romai Ugarte won the final two matches of the event from the No. 4 and No. 6 slots, respectively.
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Coach's Corner
"The boys played extremely well today," stated head coach
Daniel Finn. "Outside of just a few hiccups, the boys put on one of the more focused performances of the season. That was the main topic for us coming in and they accomplished that throughout the day. Warner has a very good team and for us to win 9-0 the way we did says a lot about how we played today. We still are not 100% as we are still having to get some guys healthy and rested but everyday I'm liking this group more and more. These boys are gritty and hungry and today it showed on the scoreboard."
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Up Next
The Seahawks travel to Boca Raton, Fla., on Thursday to take on NCAA Division II Lynn University at 4 p.m. Lynn will be the third non-NAIA opponent that the Seahawks have faced this season.
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Results
Doubles
- Sorg/Raymond (KU) def. #21 Coutinho/Lukosiunas (WU), 8-6
- #12 Turosienski/Ugarte (KU) def. Pinel/Cuartas (WU), 8-2
- Taylor/Oliva (KU) def. Perafan/Gambim (WU), 8-3
Singles
- Borg (KU) def. #38 Perafan (WU), 6-1, 6-2
- #19 Turosienski (KU) def. #41 Coutinho (WU), 6-2, 6-1
- Raymond (KU) def. Lukosiunas (WU), 6-1, 6-0
- Ugarte (KU) def. Pinel (WU), 7-6(4), 6-1
- #8 Bonnaud (KU) def. Cuartas (WU), 6-0, 6-0
- #29 Oliva (KU) def. Gambim (WU), 6-3, 6-2