Score: No. 2 Keiser 7, Southeastern 0
Records: Keiser (8-2, 3-0 SUN), SEU (2-3, 0-2 SUN)
Location: Lakeland, Fla.
Venue: Beerman Family Tennis Complex



The No. 2 Keiser men's tennis team shut out the No. 24 ranked Southeastern Fire on Saturday afternoon, 7-0.

• Luke Simkiss and Bart Nouws got the scoring started for Keiser with a 6-3 win on court three over Enrique Martinez and Theodor Preiswerk.
• Soufiane El Mesbahi and Geronimo Barrios clinched the doubles point on court two, winning 6-3 over Victor Olivera and Diego Menendez.
• The No. 12 doubles team in the NAIA, Roy Stepanov and Federico Barbon fell to Charly Zick and Yassir Kilani 6-4 on court one to give KU the 1-0 advantage going into singles play.

• Barrios was the first player off the courts as he won 6-3, 6-0 on court two
• Fred Oervad won his match on court four 6-3, 7-5 to extend the lead for Keiser
• El Mesbahi clinched the match for Keiser with a 6-2, 6-1 victory on court six.
• Kilani continued the dominance on court three, winning 6-2, 6-3.
• Simkiss and Zick finished the match with wins on courts one and five to secure the 7-0 sweep for the Seahawks.

"Good team effort today," said Head Coach, Daniel Finn, "The energy from the boys was solid today. We expected a hostile environment and we had to make sure we were the team controlling the energy. Southeastern is a confident team coming off a huge top-5 win, so we knew setting the tone would be important. Once the boys got the doubles point, they were able to settle into their matches and able to control the momentum swings. I still think we have room to improve, but otherwise, I was happy with the showing today."


The Seahawks will have some rest before traveling to play Flagler on February 23 in St. Augustine, Florida.