NAIA Championship Second Round
Score: No. 2 Keiser 4, No. 16 Univ. of  the Cumberlands 0
Records: No. 2 Keiser (13-1), No. 16 Univ. of the Cumberlands (20-4)
Location: Mobile, Ala.
Venue: Mobile Tennis Center


The No. 2 Keiser women's tennis team defeated No. 16 University of the Cumberlands in the NAIA National Tournament Round of 16. The Seahawks advance to the quarterfinal round tomorrow against the winner of LSU-Alexandria and William Woods.

With today's victory, the Seahawks improved to 7-0 against ranked teams this season.

• No. 8 Camilla Abbate and Dugleisy Linarez gave the Seahawks an early advantage by defeating Tomomi Nagao and Mikaela Fros, 6-1.
• Abbate and Lianrez improved to 11-0 on the season at No. 2 doubles.
• Keiser collected the doubles point on court three, as the No. 17 pairing of Hannah Lairmore and Sarah Schaerer rolled to a 6-3 victory.
• The fourth-ranked tandem of Maissane Aik and Alisha Hussain were ahead 5-3 when the match was stopped.

• No. 19 Aik increased the margin to 2-0, besting Hana Shimeno, 6-1, 6-1, in the fourth spot.
• The Seahawks extended the lead to 3-0, as No. 35 Isabella Perez Flores posted a 6-0, 6-4 victory over Johanna Beckmann on court five.
• No. 24 and Alabama native Lairmore, clinched the match from the second position, defeating Mikaela Fros, 6-1, 6-1, sealing the 4-0 sweep.
• KU was ahead on courts one and six when the match was clinched.

Head Coach Daniel Finn said, "I was happy with today's performance as the girls did a nice job of settling in and taking care of business. I have a lot of respect for Coach Tan and knew he would have his girls ready to play. With that said, to get on and off the court as we did was great.  Now we can get back to the hotel and start resting up and preparing for tomorrow."



The Seahawks will face the winner of LSU-Alexandria and William Woods tomorrow in the quarterfinal round at 10:00 a.m.