Box Score LAKELAND, Fla.— In their initial contest of the 2018 season, the Fire men's tennis team was defeated by Keiser by a score of 9-0.
Southeastern fought hard against the third-ranked team in the country and was able to force tiebreaks in the top two matchups, with
Lucca Marcheschi and
Felipe Barbosa both taking their ranked opponents to an extra game in the opening set.
Despite the promising first sets, the Fire were overpowered by the Seahawks as Keiser took all nine points on the day.
SEU will be back on the courts when they take on Embry-Riddle in Daytona Beach on February 1st.
#3 Keiser University 9, Southeastern 0
Singles competition
1. #5 Vicente Lagos (KUMT18) def.
Lucca Marcheschi (SEUM) 7-6 (7-4), 6-0
2. #29 Adrian Frutos (KUMT18) def.
Felipe Barbosa (SEUM) 7-6 (11-9), 6-3
3. Nicolas Guerschanik (KUMT18) def.
Thomas Ortega (SEUM) 6-0, 6-2
4. #38 Arthur Bonnaud (KUMT18) def.
Hugo Pires (SEUM) 6-0, 6-0
5. Marc Algeri (KUMT18) def.
Pedro Bahnuik (SEUM) 6-0, 6-1
6. Oliver Koeng (KUMT18) def.
Aaron Skingley (SEUM) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. Adrian Frutos/Marc Algeri (KUMT18) def.
Lucca Marcheschi/
Aaron Skingley (SEUM) 8-4
2. Nicolas Guerschanik/Oliver Koeng (KUMT18) def.
Felipe Barbosa/
Thomas Ortega (SEUM) 8-3
3. Vicente Lagos/Arthur Bonnaud (KUMT18) def.
Hugo Pires/
Pedro Bahnuik (SEUM) 8-3
