Match Information
Score: No. 3 Keiser 7, Grand Valley State 2
Records: Keiser (13-1) Grand Valley State (17-3)
Location: Orlando, Fla.
Venue: USTA National Campus
The No. 3 Women's Tennis team picked up their third win in three days while upping their win-streak to nine Sunday afternoon after defeating NCAA Division II, No. 23 Grand Valley State University 7-2.
Doubles
- The Seahawks took the first point of the day with an 8-3 win on court two as Aleksandra Grela and Julianna Heino earned their tenth win of the season in dual play.
- The advantage was doubled when the duo of Emma Henriksen and Ana Pinto defeated Abbey Perkins and Livia Christman 8-4 at No. 3.
- Keiser completed the sweep through doubles play as the top-ranked tandem of Daniela Farfan and Megane Bianco won 8-4 in the top spot over Alexa Sweeney and Aimee Moccia.
Singles
- The momentum carried into singles action as No. 2 Bianco cruised to a 6-2, 6-1 win in the second slot, upping the advantage to 4-0.
- The Seahawks then clinched the match over the Lakers on court one with a 6-3, 6-2 win by No. 8 Farfan, moving the Seahawks to 13-1 on the year.
- KU continued to control things as No. 27 Grela cruised to a 6-3, 6-1 win in the third slot, improving her record to 14-0 on the year in dual matches.
- Grand Valley State claimed the next two matches to trail 6-2 when Pinto capped off the afternoon with a 6-4, 7-6(4) win over Nicole Heiniger in the sixth position.
Coach's Corner
Head Coach
Daniel Finn said, "It feels good to get this win today. Grand Valley State has a solid nationally-ranked DII program and competes extremely hard. I won't say by any means that we played our best tennis today, but the ladies competed really well and earned their points. GVSU certainly fought us all the way through to the end even after we had the match clinched and made our girls work for it. At the end of the day, we won the important points on the majority of the courts and it showed on the scoreboard. Now we need to get ready again for tomorrow, playing our fourth match in as many days."
Up Next
The Seahawks return home tomorrow as they host University of Indiana Kokomo at Patch Reef Park, beginning at 2:00 PM.
Results
Doubles
1. #1 Farfan/Bianco (KU) def. Sweeney/Moccia (GVSU) 8-4
2. Grela/Heino (KU) def. Ballard/Heiniger (GVSU) 8-3
3. Henriksen/Pinto (KU) def. Perkins/Christman (GVSU) 8-4
Singles
1. #8 Farfan (KU) def. Ballard (GVSU) 6-3, 6-2
2. #2 Bianco (KU) def. Sweeney (GVSU) 6-2, 6-1
3. #27 Grela (KU) def. Moccia (GVSU) 6-3, 6-1
4. Perkins (GVSU) def. #17 Heino (KU) 6-2, 2-6, 1-0(11)
5. Hanover (GVSU) def. Henriksen (KU) 6-4, 7-5
6. Pinto (KU) def. Heiniger (GVSU) 6-4, 7-6(4)