Score: No. 2 Keiser 6, No.10 Xavier University (La.) 0
Records: No. 2 Keiser (10-1), No. 10 Xavier University (La.) (3-5)
Location: Pensacola, Fla.
Venue: Ralph "Skeeter" Carson Tennis Complex


In a battle of perennial NAIA Top 10 teams, No. 2 Keiser University blanked No. 10 Xavier on Saturday afternoon. The Seahawks have now won ten consecutive matches.

• Keiser showed no fatigue after their big win yesterday as Charly Zick and Juan Marrero blanked their opponents in the third spot.
• The Seahawks claimed the only doubles point when Toru Horie and Geronimo Barrios upended, No. 9 Santiago Perez and Shaikah Abdullah, 6-2.
• Luke Simkiss and Fred Oervad completed the doubles sweep with a 6-2 triumph as the Seahawks led 1-0.

• No. 1 Simkiss stretched the margin to 2-0 with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over No. 13 Santiago Perez.
• Horie upended No. 18 Shaikah Abdullah, 6-2, 6-2 as the Seahawks moved to within one of clinching the match.
• Barrios, the 29th-ranked player in the ITA won the match for Keiser with a huge 6-2, 6-1 victory in the third slot.
• No. 10 Zick won the fifth point, 6-1, 6-3, and Bart Nouws claimed the sixth, 6-1, 6-2.
• Oervad won the first-set, 7-5, and was trailing 3-2 in the second when his match was stopped as KU had already won the match, 6-0.

Head Coach Daniel Finn said, "I am happy with today's performance by the men. Xavier is an extremely solid and competitive team, but our guys showed up today and were ready to go from the start. I was hoping to see us come out strong after yesterday, and I would say that the boys did. I was really pleased with the energy and focus that we brought and that is what set the tone. Today, we wanted it to be point-by-point focusing and we did that. Now we can take a few days to rest up and start getting refocused for what's next."


Keiser vs SCAD-Savannah on Saturday, Mar. 27 at 2:00 p.m. at Patch Reef Park in Boca Raton, Fla.