Score: No. 3 Keiser Seahawks 4, No. 4 Southeastern Fire 0
Records: No. 3 Keiser (16-1), No. 4 Southeastern (15-4)
Venue: Marta B. Torrey Tennis Center
Location: Brunswick, Ga.
No. 3 Keiser men's tennis claimed the Sun Conference Tournament Championship for a 10th consecutive time, downing No. 4 Southeastern 4-0 Friday morning. The Seahawks improved to 16-1 while handing the Fire their fourth loss of the season and extended their streak of Sun Conference Tournament title-match victories over Southeastern to six straight years. Keiser secured the doubles point by sweeping two of three courts, then rolled through singles play, winning three courts without dropping a completed match as the overall result was clinched on court six.
- No. 13 Didrik Liljekvist and Matthew Dubas were first through doubles for the second day in a row dismantling No. 37 Pedro De La Riva and Gustavo Rubio 6-0
- No. 4 Shaheed Alam and Heber Santos locked up the doubles sweep on court three, knocking off Piero Fernandez and Leonardo Chiari 6-2
- Felipe Rivadeneira and Oliver King were knotted at 4-4 in the first set with Gonzalo Ornia and Javier Gallego on court two when play was stopped
- No. 9 Liljekvist opened singles action for the Seahawks on court one, taking down No. 29 Fernandez 7-5, 6-1
- King kept the momentum rolling on court four, dispatching No. 20 Ornia 6-3, 6-1
- Santos sealed the championship on court six, defeating Nikolas Kumria 6-3, 6-4 to clinch the title for Keiser
- Keiser was in control of the remaining courts at the time of the clinch
- No. 1 Alam and Dubas were headed to a third set after each won the second set
- Rivadeneira was up 6-3, 6-5 on Lafazanos on court five
When asked about today's result, Head Coach
Ali Borhani had this to say: "Just another Tuesday for us. Glad we got to win doing it our way."
From
Heber Santos, "Job not done."
Keiser will await the draw for the NAIA National Tournament which will be held in Mobile, Alabama from May 12-16.
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