Score: No. 1 Keiser 2, Division II, No. 3 Barry 5
Records: Keiser (17-5), Barry (16-5)
Venue: Buccaneer Tennis Center
Location: Miami Shores, Fla.



No. 1 Keiser men's tennis failed to spoil the senior day festivities in Miami Shores on Sunday afternoon, falling in a match that lasted over four hours to Division II, No. 3 Barry, 5-2

• The sixth-best doubles team in division II, Alejandro Gallego and Arnau Rodriguez topped Didrik Liljekvist and Gaston Cantero 6-4 on court one to begin the doubles scoring.
• The two remaining courts would need tiebreakers to decide the doubles point. Unfortunately, Barry would take both with Alessandro Giuliato and Tim Buettner edging out Martin Carrizo and Shaheed Alam on court three 7-6(3) to clinch the doubles point.
• David Rieme and Adam Lynch finished doubles with a 7-6(4) win on court two over No. 10 Yassir Kilani and Soufiane El Mesbahi.

• Buettner added to the Buccaneer total on court five with a 6-2, 6-2 win.
• No. 9 Cantero followed for the first point for Keiser on court three when his opponent retired in the first set.
• Court one followed with D-II, No. 30 Gallego defeating Liljekvist, 6-2, 6-2. to make it 3-1.
• On court six, No. 21 El Mesbahi captured his 20th singles win of the spring, winning 6-2, 6-2.
• The Bucs clinched the match on court four as David Rieme bested No. 13 Kilani in a tiebreaker third set, 7-5, 4-6, 10-4.
• Barry would take the final point of the day on court two as DII, No. 42 Giuliato defeated No. 5 Alam, 7-6(3), 7-5.

"Today was another tough one." said Head Coach, Daniel Finn, "Honestly, this is probably the hardest schedule I have ever put together and today was definitely a good way to battle test the boys. Barry has a great team as they always do and it's always a close one on the courts. Going over four hours for a match, this one was tight all the way. In the end, we just didn't execute in the important moments and that cost us. Looking forward, we have a week to prepare ahead of the conference tournament and we will use this time to really work hard and get after it with training and conditioning to make sure that we're ready in 10 days. It's been a really tough season day in and day out. The boys have had to compete all year and today it was no different. If nothing else we're definitely a battle-tested group. Now we'll just turn our focus towards the postseason and start making our push to be ready."




Keiser will have some time off to prepare for the postseason as the Sun Conference Regular Season Champions will receive a first-round bye to the Sun Conference Tournament beginning on April 26 in Brunswick, Ga.

 

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