The No. 2 Seahawks men's tennis team cruised to a 5-1 victory over Ave Maria in the Sun Conference semifinals hosted by Coastal Georgia. Win the win, Keiser advances to play in the Sun Conference Championship tomorrow with an opportunity to claim their third straight conference title. Also, today's win marks the 14^th of the year for the men.

Doubles

• Julian Turosienski and Olivier Koeng began the scoring for the Seahawks in the number three doubles slot, shutting out Jonathan Althoff and Cesar Menacho.
• The margin was doubled to 2-0 as the Sun Conference Doubles Team of the Year, Vicente Lagos and Arthur Bonnaud blanked Nicholas Hofmeister and Brandon Valley in the second slot.
• The Seahawks were unable to complete the sweep as No.16 Nicolas Guerschanik and Marc Algeri fell in the top spot to Sebastian Ramirez and David Zuleta, 8-5, but KU led 2-1 heading into singles.

Singles

• Koeng quickly upped the margin to 3-1 with a blanking in the sixth spot over Jonathan Althoff.
• Turosienski pulled the Seahawks to within one of clinching a spot in the conference finals with a 6-0, 6-0 victory in the fifth slot over Brandon Valley.
• No. 38 "Boy Wonder" Bonnaud sealed the match with a 6-1, 6-0 triumph over Cesar Menacho in No. 4 to claim the 5-1 victory, sending Keiser back to the title match.

 
Coach's Corner
Head Coach Daniel Finn said, "Really wasn't happy with the energy we came out with early on in doubles.  We need to be better in that area and I'm confident we will.  Those things do happen sometimes in tournaments early on but happy to see the boys rebound and take care of business in singles and get off the court with the 5-1 win. Now we rest up and refocus for a good test tomorrow in the championship."
 
Up Next
The Seahawks will play for their third straight Sun Conference Tournament title tomorrow against the winner of Coastal Georgia vs. St. Thomas at 9:00 a.m.