Game Information
Score: No. 4 Keiser 4, Tennessee Wesleyan 0
Records: No. 4 Keiser (17-2-2), Tennessee Wesleyan (12-6-1)
Location: Arrigo-Vecellio Field, West Palm Beach, Fla.

The No. 4 Keiser women's soccer team avenged their loss from last season to Tennessee Wesleyan with a 4-0 shutout in the opening round of the 2018 NAIA Women's Soccer National Championship. With the victory, the Seahawks advance to the second round of the National Tournament in Orange Beach, Alabama.

Stat of the Match
The Seahawks fired four shots on goal during the opening half, leading to three goals as Keiser led 3-0 at the intermission. 

How it Happened

• The Seahawks had the first goal scoring opportunity in the 12^th minute as Emma Holmskov's shot curled just wide of the net.
• In the 25^th minute, Filippa Millqvist fired a shot to the far post, but the Tennessee Wesleyan's keeper barely got her finger tips on it, for a corner kick.
• One minute later, Keiser broke through as Ebba Gustafsson tallied her fourth goal of the season off a pass from Josefine Troneby to lead 1-0.
• Sun Conference Freshman of the Year, Matilda Ovenberger nearly doubled the margin in the 30^th minute but her shot went off the crossbar and her follow-up was blocked.
• However, she found the back of the net just three minutes later as Millqvist played a cross in from the right side to make it 2-0.
• The Seahawks made it 3-0 in the 36^th minute as Ovenberger netted her second goal of the game from an awkward angle off a through ball from Alice Blixt.
• KU held a 14-0 edge on shots at the halftime break of the NAIA Opening Round game in West Palm Beach.
• Caroline Schroeder tallied the lone goal of the second half in the 53^rd minute as she sailed the ball over the keeper from 30 yards out off a nice pass from Millqvist.
• Gustafsson nearly scored the fifth goal of the game during the 75^th minute but her shot went off the crossbar and Holmskov's follow-up went wide.
• Keiser's defense would do the rest as the Seahawks recorded their fifth straight shutout and 12th of the season.

 
Game Notes

• Today's matchup was a rematch of the 2017 NAIA Opening Round game in which the Bulldogs defeated the Seahawks 2-1 in West Palm Beach.
• The Seahawks picked up their sixth shutout in the NAIA Opening Round with their last coming in 2016.
• The five goals scored today were the second most in an opening round game. The record is seven goals, done twice in 2008 and 2013.
• Keiser notched their 17^th win on the season, one shy of tying the program record for the most in a season.
• With today's victory, KU evened the all-time series against TWU at one-apiece.
• The Seahawks were making their 13^th appearance in the national tournament.
• Nina Haeberlin notched her ninth shutout of the year and her fifth straight after making just one save on the afternoon.
• Ovenberger and Schroeder finished with a game-best five shots apiece.

 
By the Numbers
Keiser
Shots: 27
Shots on Goal: 6
Corner Kicks: 11
Saves: 1
 
Tennessee Wesleyan
Shots: 3
Shots on Goal: 1
Corner Kicks: 2
Saves: 2
 
Up Next
The Seahawks will face No. 13 Hastings on Monday, Nov. 26 at 12:00 p.m. in Orange Beach, Ala.