Score: No. 2 Keiser 4, No. 4 Northwestern Ohio 0
Records: Keiser (2-2), Northwestern Ohio (2-1)
Location: Overland Park, Kan.
Venue: Overland Park Racquet Club



The No. 2 Keiser men's tennis team rallied from behind on Saturday to win over No. 4 Northwestern Ohio, 4-2 in Overland Park, Kansas.

• The Racers had the momentum early, taking a 6-2 win on court one over Shaheed Alam and Christian Foss.
• Court two followed shortly after as Yassir Kilani and Martin Carrizo fell 3-6.
• Gaston Cantero and Soufiane El Mesbahi were down 3-4 on court three when the doubles point was clinched.

• Keiser took control of the match in singles play with No. 8 El Mesbahi breezing by his opponent on court six, 6-2, 6-0.
• Cantero followed with a 6-3, 6-2 on court three to put Keiser ahead 2-1 in the match.
• UNOH got a point back on court one as No. 10 Alam fell in a hard-fought match to No. 46 Sergio Conde, falling 3-6, 7-5, 2-6.
• After a tiebreak win in the first set, No. 7 Kilani rallied through the third set to take down No. 49 Martin Stanchev, 7-6(3), 5-7, 6-3.
• Court five nearly had the same result as No. 9 Carrizo battled to clinch the match with a 7-6(1), 4-6, 6-3 win.

"What an effort today by the boys," said Head Coach, Daniel Finn, "Really proud of the way they scratched and clawed for that one. Northwestern Ohio has a very good team and I've got a lot of respect for the way they came out and really brought the fight to us from the beginning. Didn't really think we played our best version of doubles and they were able to capitalize and jump out on us early. With that said, this men's team really showed me something today in regard to being gritty and willing to scratch and claw for a win. Even on the courts that we were down early, every player fought back and got their match into a third set and just refused to lose today. All that said, we just need to do our best to recover and expect another dog fight again tomorrow in the championship."



Keiser will have an all too familiar opponent in the Final of the ITA NAIA National Men's Team Indoor Championship, as the Seahawks will face No. 1 Georgia Gwinnett at 6:30 CT in Overland Park, Kansas.

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