Score: No. 1 Keiser 4, No. 16 Cardinal Stritch 0
Records: Keiser (20-5), Cardinal Stritch (18-9)
Location: Mobile, Ala.
Venue: Mobile Tennis Center
No. 1 Keiser men's tennis started the day off by closing out their match with No. 16 Cardinal Stritch, just under 20 hours after it began, winning 4-0.
- Play was suspended at 8:45 p.m, in Mobile just after singles began with the restart time made for 8:00 a.m.
- No. 20 Kilani put the Seahawks up 2-0 with a 6-2, 6-0 win on court four.
- Court five followed with No. 22 Carrizo winning 6-1, 6-1.
- Keiser clinched the match on court three as No. 18 Cantero was victorious 6-2, 6-1.
- The Seahawks were up on the remaining three courts when the match was clinched.
Score: No. 1 Keiser 4, No. 11 Westcliff 2
Records: Keiser (21-5), Westcliff (15-4)
Location: Mobile, Aa.
Venue: Mobile Tennis Center
Eight hours later, the boys were back on the courts to face the No. 11 Westcliff Warriors. The Seahawks battled from behind, defeating the Warriors, 4-2, in a match that lasted over three hours.
- No. 18 Cantero was done first on court three, winning 6-1, 6-1 on court three to even the match at 1-1.
- Westcliff took the lead back on court one with a 6-1, 6-2 win.
- After winning a tiebreak first set, No. 22 Carrizo cruised through the second set to win 7-6(2), 6-0.
- No. 20 Kilani fought back a first set loss to win 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 on court four and give the Seahawks a 3-2 lead.
- No. 6 Alam clinched the match on court two with a 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 win to close out the long day.
- No. 27 El Mesbahi was headed to a third set on court six when the match was clinched.
Keiser will face Tennessee Wesleyan on Friday in a repeat of the 2022 NAIA Semifinal.
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