Score: No. 3 Keiser Seahawks 4, No. 8 Middle Georgia State Knights 0
Records:Â Keiser (20-2), MGSU (16-5)
Venue:Â Mobile Tennis Center
Location: Mobile, Ala.
No. 3 Keiser men's tennis earned their second straight sweep of the NAIA National Tournament after downing No. 8 Middle Georgia State 4-0 on Wednesday in Mobile, Alabama. The Seahawks grabbed a quick 6-0 win on court three doubles before fighting their way to the clinch on court one. In singles play, KU secured points on courts two, four, and five while once again maintaining a shutout.
- Court three started the scoring again in the quarterfinal as No. 33 Shaheed Alam and Simone Boscatto bested Gianmarco Pitotti and Guillermo Louis 6-0.
- Both courts one and two would take more fight, but No. 6 Soufiane El Mesbahi and Didrik Liljekvist clinched for the second day in a row, beating No. 11 Martin Carrizo and Adria Pratdepadua, 7-5.
- Court two was knotted at 5-5 when the doubles point was finished.
- No. 35 Liljekvist had a strong day on court two, defeating No. 25 Daniel Garcia, 6-1, 6-4.
- Court four would be next as No. 14 Alam fought from 2-4 down in the second set to win 6-1, 6-4.
- Andrej Krajcik claimed his second win of the tournament on court five with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Pitotti to clinch the match for Keiser.
- The Seahawks were ahead on courts three and six when the match finished.
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Keiser will have a rematch of the 2023 NAIA National Tournament Semifinal in front of them on Friday when they take on No. 2 Tennessee Wesleyan. First serve from the Mobile Tennis Center in Mobile, Ala. is set for 10:00 a.m. ET.
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