Score:Â No. 3Â Keiser Seahawks 4, No. 6 Southeastern Fire 2
Records:Â Keiser (8-1, 2-0 SUN), Southeastern (12-4, 2-1 SUN)
Venue:Â Patch Reef Park
Location: Boca Raton, Fla.
No. 3 Keiser men's tennis earned a hard-fought Sun Conference win on Saturday afternoon over No. 6 Southeastern, 4-2. The Seahawks cruised through doubles with dominant wins on courts one and two. In singles, the Fire began to fight back with a couple of wins, but Keiser was able to hold them off with wins on courts one, three, and four.
- No. 10 Alam took the first point for Keiser on court four with a 6-1, 6-2 win.
- Southeastern followed with two wins on courts two and six to tie the match at 2-2.
- Fighting off a match point in the third set, Liljekvist rallied for an important 2-6, 6-2, 7-6(7) win on court three.
- No. 5 El Mesbahi was able to clinch the match for the Seahawks, defeating No. 15 Pessoa, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.
- Cervina was leading Fernandez 7-6(6), 3-6, 4-3 when the match was clinched.
"Good team win today," said Head Coach
Robert McAdoo. "Although we had a couple of disappointing losses in singles, I'm glad we were finally able to play a top-10 team and come out with the win. Looking forward to playing another top-10 team on Monday."
Keiser will be back in action on Monday against No. 10 Xavier University Louisiana at home. First serve from Patch Reef Park in Boca Raton, Fla. is set 2:00 p.m.
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