Score: No. 2 Keiser 3, D-II No. 1 Barry 4
Records: Keiser (0-2), Barry (1-0)
Location: Miami Shores, Fla.
Venue: Buccaneer Tennis Center



The No. 2 Keiser men's tennis team fell on the road to the three-time defending Division II National Champions, Barry on Monday afternoon, 4-3.

• Court three saw the early finish of the day with Gaston Cantero and Soufiane El Mesbahi dropping their match, 6-3.
• Yassir Kilani and Martin Carrizo pulled Keiser even with a 7-5 win on court two shortly after.
• The Buccaneers captured the doubles point on court one, winning 7-5 over Shaheed Alam and Christian Foss.

• No. 8 El Mesbahi was done first in singles play, handling his opponent with a 6-1, 6-4 win.
• After the Buccaneers pulled back ahead on court two, Cantero brought the match back even with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 win on court three. 
• On court four, No. 7 Kilani fought back to win the second set but ultimately fell to David Rieme, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.
• Barry went on to clinch the match on court two as Alejandro Pacios bested Heber Santos, 7-6(5), 6-4.
• Carrizo won the final match of the day on court five by a score of 3-6, 7-6, 10-5 to give Keiser their third point of the match.

"Disappointing result today," said Head Coach, Daniel Finn, "Just like Saturday, the doubles point turned out to be crucial. Unlike Saturday, I felt that the boys did a much better job today of digging in, fighting, and responding when things didn't go our way. In a match this tight and this close, it literally comes down to a couple of points here or there and you have to make sure you're there in the moment and play your best tennis when you need to. In every match that we lost today, I could count the number of points on my hand that we needed to make in order to flip the score and we just didn't execute when we needed to. Of course, give credit to Barry. They're a great team and compete at the highest level, but in our heads, we have a feeling that we let this one get away. The biggest thing now is learning from it and turning our attention to indoor nationals. We have a great team with high expectations and we will get right back to work and start getting ready."



Keiser will have a chance at a few NAIA opponents when they travel to the ITA NAIA National Men's Team Indoor Championships in Overland Park, Kan. on Feb 3-5.

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