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4
Winner Keiser KUWT (7-1)
3
Nova Southeastern Tennis NSUWT23 (4-1)
Winner
Keiser KUWT
(7-1)
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Final
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Nova Southeastern Tennis NSUWT23
(4-1)

Match Recap: No. 1 Women's Tennis |

Schmucker Outlasts Her Opponent to Give No. 1 Women's Tennis the Win over Division II, No. 2 Nova Southeastern

match information
Score: No. 1 Keiser 4, DII No. 2 Nova Southeastern 3
Records: Keiser (7-1), Nova Southeastern (4-1)
Location: Fort. Lauderdale, Fla.
Venue: NSU Tennis Center

match summary

Four hours and two minutes after it began, Yvette Schmucker hit the match-winner in a third-set tiebreaker to clinch the win for No. 1 women's tennis over Nova Southeastern. With the win, the Seahawks have now defeated each of the top three teams in Division II tennis.

doubles
  • Violet Apisah and Ksenija Vujacic needed just 20 minutes to dispatch the No. 1 Division II doubles team, 6-0
  • Nova Southeastern grabbed the match on court two 6-3 setting up a decider on court three.
  • Down 5-3 at one point, Elyse Lavender and Yvette Schmucker pulled through on court three with a 7-6(4) win to clinch the doubles point for Keiser.

singles
  • NSU picked up two points quickly on courts one and three to take the 2-1 lead.
  • The Sharks picked up another point on court five to take a 3-1 lead with just three courts to play.
  • Soon after, after dropping the first set and the first game of the second set, No. 11 Isabella Perez Flores won the next 12 games to win 2-6, 6-1, 6-0 on court six.
  • No. 1 Apisah evened the match at 3-3 on court two with a dominant 6-4, 6-2 victory.
  • Battling body cramps throughout the match, No. 2 Schmucker fought to a 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(5) win to clinch the match for the Seahawks.

Coach's Corner
"What a match," said Head Coach, Daniel Finn, "Really proud of the ladies' efforts and will to fight today to come away with this one. This was a day where almost nothing was going right for the girls and as a team, they found a way to get a big win against a strong team. For Yvette to find a way to come back and win the decider as she did, dealing with cramping and being on court for over 4 hours, was pure guts. Of course, there are still areas we can clean up. However, I'm proud of the effort and grit the girls showed today to get that one. We will take a couple of days to heal up and rest and then start getting ready for the conference season to start next week."


Up Next

Keiser will open conference play on Wednesday, March 1 with St. Thomas University on the road in Miami Gardens, Fla.
 

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