NAIA National Championship
Score: No. 3 Keiser 1, No. 1 Georgia Gwinnett 4
Records: Keiser (20-5), Georgia Gwinnett (21-0)
Location: Mobile, Ala.
Venue: Mobile Tennis Center



No. 3 Keiser men's tennis fell in the NAIA National Championship to the Grizzlies of Georgia Gwinnett on Saturday afternoon, 1-4.

With the loss, the Seahawks conclude the season with a 20-5 overall record.

• GGC won the first doubles match of the day on court three as Alex Gurmendi and Guilhem Perez Le Tiec bested Luke Simkiss and Soufiane El Mesbahi, 6-2.
• On court one, Yassir Kilani and Bart Nouws fell to No. 1 Valentino Caratini and Agustin Tamagnone 3-6 as the Grizzlies took the doubles point.
• Court two was even at 4-4 when the doubles point was clinched.

• No. 12 Tamagnone kept the momentum going for GGC with a 6-1, 6-4 win on court three.
• No. 21 Kilani put the Seahawks on the board with a 7-5, 6-2 win over No. 14 Caratini.
• The Grizzlies would take a 3-1 lead on court two as No. 9 Gurmendi bested No. 11 Geronimo Barrios, 1-6, 6-2, 6-0.
• No. 24 Vicente Lagos clinched the eighth straight national championship for GGC as he won, 6-2, 6-4, over No. 28 Charly Zick.
• When the match was clinched, El Mesbahi and Simkiss were one game away from clinching their respective matches.

"Hard loss to swallow today," said Head Coach, Daniel Finn, "The boys had the title in their hands and couldn't make it happen today. Starting behind and not getting the doubles point ultimately caught up to us today. The boys fought and battled back into it from there and honestly had real chances to make the comeback in singles but fell, quite literally, a set short today. Definitely proud of them for the way they competed, it is just tough to be that close and not be able to get it done. This loss does not define our year and the boys should keep their heads up after today. This season was one for the record books and we will be back."