Game Information
Score: Keiser 1, #24 Webber 3 (28-26, 16-25, 20-25, 19-25)
Records: Keiser (18-5, 5-4), Webber (21-2, 10-0)
Location: West Palm Beach, Fla.
Webber Starters: C. Baxter, T. Colden, G. Ramos, B. Baez, N. McDaniel, K. Schueman; libero – M. Calderon
Keiser Starters: N. McKown, C. Zamora, V. Hietala, N. Papineau, S. Thompson, M. Minke; libero – M. Leff
 
Highlights
Keiser volleyball fell to No. 24 Webber on Tuesday night by the final score of 3-1 in the Student Life Center. With the loss, Keiser falls to 18-5 on the season, including 5-4 in conference play. Additionally, the Seahawks' home loss was the first defeat in the SLC all season. Tessa Colden and Nikki McDaniel, the conference leaders in kills, finished the game with a combined 37 kills for the Webber Warriors. Keiser saw three Seahawks finish the contest with a double-double. Nikki McKown finished with a team-high 17 kills to go along with 12 digs. McKown finished the contest with her 999^th career kill, needing just one to join the 1000 Kill Club. Nicole Papineau ended the contest with 44 assists and 12 digs, while Chantelle Zamora concluded the game with 10 kills and 12 digs.
 
How it Happened
Set One:
The Seahawks came out of the gates hitting on all cylinders through the first 10 points of the set, taking a 7-3 lead following kills by Nikki McKown, Chantelle Zamora and Samantha Thompson. Keiser stretched its lead to 9-3 before the Warriors fought back to tie the contest at 13 apiece. Webber took its first lead on the very next point but the Seahawks tied the contest at 14-14 following a kill from McKown. Keiser reclaimed the lead following a Webber timeout, clinging to an 18-16 advantage. The Seahawks forced another timeout after Megan Minke's kill made in 20-17 in favor of the home squad. Webber claimed the late 21-20 lead after four consecutive points after the stoppage in play. Keiser then regained the lead late in the frame, 24-23, following three consecutive points before Webber tied the set at 24 to force extra points. The two squads traded the next four points until a kill by Thompson and an attacking error by Katie Schueman of Webber sealed the first set, 28-26, in favor of the Seahawks.
 
Set Two:
The Warriors jumped ahead early in the second set claiming a 7-3 advantage of their own. Webber did not let off the gas, maintaining its four-point advantage for the remainder of the set. The Warriors later stretched their lead to 17-9, forcing a Keiser timeout. With the Seahawks trailing 20-12, Keiser began to claw back into the set after scoring three unanswered points and forcing a Webber timeout. The Warriors scored the first three points following the timeout en route to the 25-16 victory, forcing a guaranteed fourth set.
 
Set Three:
The two squads were neck-and-neck through the first 10 points as Webber clung to a narrow 6-4 advantage. The Warriors stretched their lead to five before the Seahawks soared back to cut the deficit to 11-9. Webber and Keiser would go back-and-forth between the five-point and three-point Warrior advantages until the Seahawks trimmed the deficit to 16-14 midway through the set. Webber scored four unanswered points to extend its lead to six, 20-14. Once again the Seahawks trimmed the gap to three after claiming three unanswered points to force a Warrior timeout. Webber held Keiser at bay down the stretch, holding on to the win the third set 25-20.
 
Set Four:
The Warriors took another early lead in the fourth set, 6-2, forcing a Keiser timeout. The Seahawks trimmed the gap to 7-5 before the Warriors stretched it back to a four-point lead. Webber continued its red-hot momentum, extending the lead to 15-8 midway through the final set. The Seahawks could not trim the gap close enough as Webber held Keiser in check, claiming the final set 25-19.
 
Team Leaders:
Keiser
Kills: 17 – Nikki McKown
Assists: 44 – Nicole Papineau
Digs: 19 – Morgan Leff
 
Webber
Kills: 20 – Nikki McDaniel
Assists: 50 – Carlee Baxter
Digs: 30 – Michelle Calderon
 
Up Next
Keiser returns to the court tomorrow night at 7 p.m. when the Seahawks play host to Johnson & Wales in the Student Life Center. Keiser has already swept the Wildcats on two separate occasions this season.