NAIA National Championship
Score: No. 3 Keiser Seahawks 4, No. 1 Georgia Gwinnett Grizzlies 2
Records: Keiser (19-2), Georgia Gwinnett (19-3)
Venue: Mobile Tennis Center
Location: Mobile, Ala.




For the first time in program history, Keiser men's tennis won the NAIA National Championship, defeating No. 1 Georgia Gwinnett 4-2 on Saturday afternoon in Mobile, Alabama. The Seahawks took the first doubles match on court three, but wins by the Grizzlies on courts one and two put GGC up 1-0. In singles, Keiser rallied with wins on courts four, five, and six before Georgia Gwinnett grabbed a win on court two. With both remaining matches in the third set, Keiser would get the final point on court one to secure the national championship.

The win snaps a run of 10 consecutive wins in the NAIA National Championship by Georgia Gwinnett and a four-time runner-up streak by the Seahawks. After the match, Yassir Kilani was named the Ward-Ballinger Memorial Outstanding Player. Additionally, Robert McAdoo was named the NAIA Coach of the Year. 

• Shaheed Alam and Simone Boscatto opened doubles with a 6-1 win over Andoni Garmendia and Kamron Mcintosh-Ross on court three
• The Grizzlies responded with Luis Francisco and Aleksandr Kalinin grabbing a 6-3 win over No. 21 Yassir Kilani and Mathieu Strauss on court two
• Shortly after, No. 1 Jeremias Rocco and Santiago Villarruel clinched the doubles point with a 6-3 win over Heber Santos and Gilad Tamar

• Just over an hour into singles, Tamar earned a 6-4, 6-2 win over No. 73 Mcintosh-Ross on court five
• Santos followed with a 7-5, 6-4 win on court six to put Keiser in front, 2-1
• Court four then went the way of KU with Strauss winning 7-6(4), 7-5 to bring the Seahawks within one
• After being down 0-3 in the third set, No. 21 Kilani battled back to clinch the match for the Seahawks with a 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-3 win on court one
• Felipe Rivadeneira was leading 6-5, 30-0 in the third set when the match was clinched