Game Information
Score: Keiser 1, Siena Heights 3 (19-25, 19-25, 25-22, 16-25)
Records: Keiser (0-2), Siena Heights (1-0)
Location: Siena Heights Field House – Adrian, MI
Siena Heights Starters:  P. Hudgin, A. Metz, E. Breton, T. Purchell, A. Tartarian, F. Felver
Keiser Starters: S. Thompson, L. Keegan, D. Salazar, A. Seward, A. Medlock, A. Robinson

Highlights
Freshman Abbie Seward notched her first career double-double with 13 kills and 11 digs, however Keiser came up short against Siena Heights, 3-1. The win in the third set was the first on the season for the young Seahawks squad. On defense, Morgan Leff had a match high 30 digs.
 
Set One
Siena Heights led in the early going before a kill by Seward and an attack error tied it at 4-4. The Saints rebounded and stretched the margin to 9-5 but a pair of errors allowed the Seahawks to get within 9-7. With the score 23-15 in Siena Heights favor, KU rallied with four straight points to close within 23-19, but the home team called a timeout and won the final two points of the set, to take it 25-19.
 
Set Two
Keiser took their first lead of the match at 3-2 on an attack error and held the advantage through five ties with the final one happening at seven-apiece. Siena Heights briefly took an 8-7 lead, but a 4-0 run, which featured kills by Melissa Williams and Seward, forced a timeout with KU in front, 11-8. The Saints answered out of the huddle, scoring five straight to regain a 12-11 advantage, but a Robinson kill quickly knotted it at 12-12. The set would be tied one last time at 15-15, when the home team outscored KU 10-4, to take the set, 25-19.
 
Set Three
The Seahawks jumped out to a 3-0 advantage behind kills by Seward and Thompson and continued cruising until the score was 18-12. The Saints then got going by scoring six consecutive points to tie the set at 18-18, and forcing Keiser to call a timeout. Following the timeout, an error and kill by Seward gave KU the lead back at 20-18. Siena Heights then had one last push in them, tying the set at 21-21, but KU closed it on a 4-1 spurt, claiming their first set of the year, 25-22.

Set Four
Keiser held a slim 2-1 lead before the Saints grabbed control of the set and went on to win by a score of 25-16, dropping the Seahawks to 0-2 on the young season.
 
Coach's Corner
Head Coach Chris Taylor said, "I'm happy with how we played tonight. Definitely saw a lot more of what we can do as a team and this trip is allowing us to find out who we are on the court. We are looking forward to seeing continued progress tomorrow at Concordia Ann Arbor."

Team Leaders:
Siena Heights
Kills: 15 – Paige Hudgin
Assists: 33 – Amanda Metz
Digs: 16 – Gabby Kalugar

Keiser
Kills: 13 – Abbie Seward
Assists: 19 – Miranda Jickell/Faryn Salazar
Digs: 30 – Morgan Leff
 
Up Next
The Seahawks will return to action tomorrow on day one of the Concordia Ann Arbor tournament. Keiser will begin the day by facing the hosts, Concordia at 3:00 p.m. and capping the night against No. 24 Madonna at 7:00 p.m.