MIAMI SHORES, Fla. --  The second-ranked and top-seeded Barry Buccaneers powered to a 4-0 win over #11 and fourth-seed West Florida on Tuesday at the Buccaneer Tennis Center in the NCAA Division II South Region championship match.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: No. 2 Barry 4, No. 11 West Florida 0
Records: Barry (18-5), West Florida (21-7)
Series: Barry leads 14-8

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING:

SUMMARY:

Doubles

1. #19 Ignasi Forcano/Martin Gutierrez (BU) def. #18 Facundo Bermejo/Tomas Descarrega (UWF) 7-5
2. #21 Alejandro Ibañez Gallego/Arnau Rodriguez (BU) def. Salvador Bandiera/Lluis Miralles Miro (UWF) 6-3
3. Pedro Cordiero/Bernardo Costa (UWF) def. Alessandro Giuliato/Hugo Cazaban (BU) 6-2

Singles

1. #7 Alejandro Palacios (BU) def. #14 Juan Cabrera (UWF) 6-4, ,6-4
2. #13 Alejandro Ibañez Gallego (BU) def. #17 Facundo Bermejo (UWF) 6-1, 6-3
3. . #23 Alessandro Giuliato (BU) vs. Tomas Descarrega (UWF) 5-7, 4-1 unfinished
4. Ignasi Forcano (BU) def. Salvadow Bandeira (UWF) 6-1, 6-2
5. #73 Arnau Rodriguez (BU) vs. Sebastian Sotelo (UWF) 6-3, 3-3 unfinished
6. Hugo Cazaban (BU) vs. Pedro Cordiero (UWF) 3-6, 5-4 unfinished

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The Argonauts broke out on top quickly in doubles as Cordiero and Costa knocked out Giuliato and Cazaban 6-2 at number three.
• But the Bucs came back to win on court two behind the 21st-ranked pair of Ibañez Gallego and Rodriguez 6-3 over Bandiera and Miralles Miro.
• The double point all came down to the top flight, and West Florida had it all their own way early as #18 Bermejo and Descarrega led 4-0 over #19 Forcano and Gutierrez. But the Bucs battled back and took the match and the point 7-5, winning seven of the last eight games.
• In singles, the Bucs won four of the six first sets.
• Forcano quickly ripped through Bandiera 6-1, 6-2 at number four.
• Ibañez Gallego, ranked #13, made it 3-0 with a 6-1, 6-3 win over #17 Bermejo at number two.
• It was a race to finish line between #7 Palacios at number one and #73 Rodriguez at number five. Palacios got the clincher over UWF's #14 Juan Cabrera 6-4, 6-4.
• The other matches went unfinished.

NOTEWORTHY:

• For Barry, it is their 17th South Regional championship and the 23rd time that they have advanced to the NCAA Division II finals.
• The Finals are May 18-22 at Sanlando Park in Altamonte Springs, Fla.
• Since losing the national championship match to the Argonauts in 2017, Barry has won six in a row in the series.
• Barry has won five national championships, including the last two in a row. The Bucs are currently fourth all-time in championships (Lander - 8; Southern Illinois-Edwardsville - 7, UC - Irvine - 6).
• Forcano leads the Bucs with 16 singles wins this season, followed by Rodgiuez (13) and Palacios (12).

ON THE HORIZON

The Bucs advance to the NCAA Division II National Finals.