MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- The bell on the clock across Barry University's quaint little campus started to toll.
Mara Cerrini's match was wearing on. At one point in the second game she and her Keiser opponent rallied back and forth for roughly 14 minutes. That was just one game.
But after darkness set in, and Cerrini kept fighting, the No. 6-ranked Buccaneers women's tennis team remained perfect. Barry beat NAIA 11th-ranked Keiser, 9-0, Monday to polish off its third win in as many days at Buccaneer Tennis Center. In the process, the Bucs remained perfect in every singles and doubles match this season.
All it took was a little fight in Barry's freshman from Sunny Isles to keep the streak in tact.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Barry 9, Keiser 0
Records: Barry 5-0, Keiser 4-3
SUMMARY:
- Keiser forfeited three matches. The Seahawks gave away points at Nos. 3 doubles and 5 and 6 singles.
- Cerrini beat Teodora Stanciu, 6-4, 6-7 (3-7), 10-7, at No. 4 singles.
- No. 22-ranked Sonja Larsen and Judith Bohnenkamp breezed through their respective singles wins at Nos. 1 and 3.
NOTEWORTHY:
- Avi Kigel moved within five wins of 200 in his Barry career.
- Both of Barry's doubles victories in the completed matches came against ranked Keiser pairs duos.
- Both Barry head coach Avi Kigel and assistant coach Steve Schram, who was the head coach at Nova Southeastern before passing up an opportunity to return to the Sharks in favor of landing with the Buccaneers, were recruiting Keiser's Megane Bianco. She is ranked ninth in both singles and doubles on the NAIA circuit.
- Barry's Zuza Maciejewska and Dasha Salnikova improved to a team-best 4-0 in doubles after beating Bianco and Julianna Heino, 8-4, at the top position.
ON THE HORIZON:
Barry hosts St. Thomas at 3 p.m. Thursday at Buccaneer Tennis Center.
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