The Eagles improve to 3-2 on the season while the Seahawks, the #2 ranked team in NAIA drops their first match of the spring after starting the year with three straight wins.
"Today was a great match," said head coach CJ Weber. "Keiser's got a great team with a lot of experienced players and we took care of matches in positions that we really needed to. That match could have been a lot closer than what it was if the guys on top didn't snuff out their opponents quickly like they did. It would have been great to get at least one of those last three matches, but the guys fought hard and we got better today, that's all a coach can ask for."
In doubles action, Keiser won on court three, but redshirt-sophomore Magnus Johnson (Naples, Fla./Homeschool/UCF) and junior Max Damm (Bradenton, Fla./Saint Stephens Episcopal School) tied it up at one with a 6-2 win on court one.
Redshirt-sophomore Randy Wilson (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic/Miami Palmetto/Louisville) and sophomore Eric Oncins (Orlando, Fla./Montverde Academy) clinched the doubles point with a 6-3 win on court three.
Wilson and Oncins quickly gave the Eagles a 3-0 lead as they each won their singles match by the same score of 6-0, 6-4.
Redshirt-sophomore Marcelo Sepulveda (Monterrey, Mexico/Penn Foster/Alabama) clinched the match with a win on court two, cruising to a 6-1, 6-2 victory.
With the match already in hand, Keiser made the score a little closer by winning the final three matches of the evening on courts one, four, and five.
FGCU 4, Keiser 3
Singles Competition
1. Luke Simkiss (KUMT) def. JOHNSON, Magnus (FGCUM) 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (11-9)
2. SEPULVEDA, Marcelo (FGCUM) def. Geronimo Barrios (KUMT) 6-1, 6-2
3. WILSON, Randy (FGCUM) def. Yassir Kilani (KUMT) 6-0, 6-4
4. Soufiane El Mesbahi (KUMT) def. STEFANACCI, Gugli (FGCUM) 6-4, 6-2
5. Charly Zick (KUMT) def. DAMM, Max (FGCUM) 7-6 (7-4), 6-1
6. ONCINS, Eric (FGCUM) def. Fred Oervad (KUMT) 6-0, 6-4
Doubles Competition
1. JOHNSON, Magnus/DAMM, Max (FGCUM) def. Juan Marrero/Geronimo Barrios (KUMT) 6-2
2. ONCINS, Eric/WILSON, Randy (FGCUM) def. Soufiane El Mesbahi/Yassir Kilani (KUMT) 6-3
3. Luke Simkiss/Bart Nouws (KUMT) def. MACIEL, Pedro/SEPULVEDA, Marcelo (FGCUM) 6-1
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (6,3,2,4,5,1)
The Eagles will be back in action next Friday as they host UAB. First serve from the FGCU Tennis Complex is set for 5 p.m.
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