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5
Winner Keiser KUMT (5-2)
2
St. Thomas STU (5-4)
Winner
Keiser KUMT
(5-2)
5
Final
2
St. Thomas STU
(5-4)

Match Recap: No. 3 Men's Tennis |

No. 1 Men's Tennis Defeats St. Thomas in First Sun Conference Match of the Season, 5-2

match information
Score: No. 1 Keiser 5, St. Thomas 2
Records: Keiser (5-2, 1-0 SUN), St. Thomas (5-4, 0-1 SUN)
Location: Miami Gardens, Fla.
Venue: STU Tennis Courts

match summary

No. 1 Keiser men's tennis did what they needed to do in order to win against the St. Thomas Bobcats on Wednesday with a 5-2 win that earned them their first Sun Conference win of the season.

doubles
  • Keiser started strong in doubles play picking up wins almost simultaneously on courts two and three with both winning 6-3.
  • Gaston Cantero and Shaheed Alam narrowly edged out their win on court three before Soufiane El Mesbahi and Martin Carrizo won on court two.
  • The new pairing of Didrick Liljekvist and Christian Foss won 7-6(2) on court one to cement the doubles point.

singles
  • No. 9 Carrizo picked up an early win on court five with his opponent retiring two games into the second set.
  • Cantero earned his win on court three in dominant fashion with a 6-0, 6-4 win that put KU ahead 3-0.
  • No. 10 Alam wasted little time on court two to seal the match for Keiser with a 6-2, 6-2 win.
  • The Bobcats would get two points after the match was clinched on courts one and four to break up the shutout.
  • No. 8 El Mesbahi closed out the match with a 6-2, 6-3 win on court six.
Coach's Corner
"The boys did what they had to do today to get the win but it wasn't enough for me," said Head Coach, Daniel Finn, "I knew it wouldn't be easy considering we went in with some injuries and STU creates a hostile environment that's never easy to play in, but we did not play well enough today. I thought that we never really sunk our teeth into the match emotionally and engaged, and that led to things being tougher for the guys today. St Thomas is an extremely underrated and feisty team that will be ranked top-15 soon this year. Of course, I'll take a tough road win, but definitely going to get back to work and make some adjustments ahead of a really tough road match Saturday at Embry-Riddle."


Up Next

Keiser will look to rest and recover quickly before facing Division II, No. 14 Embry-Riddle on Saturday in Daytona Beach, Fla.
 

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