Match Information
Score: No. 2 Keiser 6, No. 22 Coastal Georgia 3
Records: No. 2 Keiser (6-3, 6-0), No. 22 Coastal Georgia (4-2, 4-1)
Location: Brunswick, GA
Venue: Torrey Tennis Complex
 
Match Summary
In a battle of two unbeaten Sun Conference teams, No. 2 Keiser emerged victorious against No. 22 Coastal Georgia 6-3 on Saturday afternoon in Brunswick, Georgia, site of the 2019 TSC tournament. The Seahawks are now one match away from winning their fourth straight TSC Regular Season Championship.
 
Doubles

• Keiser fell behind 1-0 as third-ranked team of Riccardo Ferraris and Olivier Koeng lost to Matthew Hulme and Ben Dolan in the top spot, 8-3.
• The Seahawks tied the match at one-apiece when No. 14 Arthur Bonnaud and Julian Turosienski upended Adrian Farina and Ramokopa, 8-2.
• Anthony Van Rompay and Geronimo Barrios battled hard but fell in the end to Bradley Dunn and Bautista Chiaradia, 9-7, giving Coastal Georgia a 2-1 advantage, going into singles.
• The last time that KU trailed after doubles play in conference was in the 2015 against Embry-Riddle. This is also the first time that the men have fell behind after doubles in conference under coach Finn.

 
Singles

• The Seahawks retied the match for a second time when Gerard Rodriguez topped Ramokopa, 6-2, 6-1, in the fifth slot.
• Coastal Georgia retook a 3-2 advantage as Anthony Popyrin fell to Dolan, 6-1, 7-5 in the second single position.
• No. 17 Turosienski knotted the match at three-apiece when he upended Farina in the No. 5 spot, 6-2, 6-2.
• Keiser claimed their first lead of the day when Barrios knocked off No. 17 Hulme in the top spot, 7-6, 6-3. The loss was the first for Hulme in two seasons against an NAIA opponent in dual play.
• Who else than No. 4 "Boy Wonder" Bonnaud to clinch the match for Keiser, his fourth this season and third straight. The senior won his match, 6-2, 7-5 as the Seahawks led 5-3.
• Koeng put the finishing touches on the match with a 6-1, 6-7, 1-0 victory over Dunn as Keiser completed the come from behind victory against Coastal Georgia.

 
Coach's Corner
Head Coach Daniel Finn said, ""What an effort today by the boys. Everything that could have went wrong for the guys did today, from injuries, to rain, flat starts, to an abundant amount of gnats flying around during play. This was a hostile environment against an underrated team that was giving us their best punch today. For the boys to come from behind and fight for this one was great to see. Coastal played some strong doubles and really came at us early. However, the boys rebounded well and reestablished control in singles, despite having their backs against the wall. Our energy was great and that is what pushed us through when things got close. Coastal is a top 12 NAIA team, I don't care what the rankings say. In the end, I'm just proud of the boys and how they went out and took this one when they had too.  Now we can start preparing for Davenport later this week."
 
Up Next
Keiser will head to Orlando, Florida for a neutral site matchup against Davenport University on Thursday, Feb. 3 at 3:00 p.m.