Game Information
Score: Keiser 8, Ave Maria 1 | Keiser 10, Ave Maria 1 (5 inn.)
Records: Keiser (19-13, 7-9), Ave Maria (20-19, 5-13)
Series: 3-1, KU
Location: West Palm Beach, Fla. | Alumni Field
Duration of Games: 1:30 | 1:20
Pitchers of Record: W: Green (9-7) L: Pierron (10-5) | W: Boyle (5-3) L: Geiger (9-13)
Weather: 82 and Sunny
 
Game One
Keiser Highlights

• Keiser tallied a dozen base hits in the contest, with six different players picking up at least one hit.
• Janelle Dominguez led the offense with a perfect 4-for-4 first game, including a double and an RBI.
• Autumn Green tossed a complete game, five-hitter while earning her ninth win of the campaign.
   

Turning Point
With the Seahawks trailing 1-0 after two and a half innings, Keiser tallied three runs on four hits in the third and never looked back, taking game one 8-1.

How it Happened

• Ave Maria notched the opening run of the game in the top of the third before the Seahawks scored three runs in the bottom half to take a 3-1 lead.
• Ally Thompson led off the inning with a single up the middle and moved up to second on a sacrifice bunt by Kelsie Thurman. Thompson then scored as Bermari Figueroa delivered a one-out single up the middle, tying the game at 1-1.
• The Seahawks then loaded the bases on back-to-back singles from Dominguez and Kelsey Brodbeck, before Avery Miller's sacrifice fly drove in Figueroa to push KU ahead 2-1.
• With the speedy Brodbeck on first drawing the attention of the Gyrenes defense, Dominguez swiped home, extending the advantage to 3-1.
• Two innings later, the Seahawks pushed the margin to 4-1 as Dominguez' delivered a one-out double to left center, scoring Thompson, who reached on a leadoff single.
• Keiser then pulled away in the sixth adding by adding four-runs highlighted by a two-out, two-run RBI single down the left field line by Miller, taking the opener, 8-1.

 
Game Two
Keiser Highlights

• The Seahawks registered seven hits in the finale, with Troiana Test and Thompson tallying two hits apiece.
• Paige Boyle allowed just one run on three hits while striking out five en route to picking up her fifth win of the season.

Turning Point
Ave Maria's three errors in the third inning resulted in three KU runs, giving the Seahawks a 4-1 advantage, a lead they would not give up.

How it Happened

• For the second time on the afternoon, Ave Maria tallied the opening run of the contest, scoring a run in the first on Emma Thompson's RBI double to left center.
• The Seahawks drew even in the second as Thompson came through with a two-out RBI single up the middle, scoring Test, who led off the frame with a single to left field.
• An inning later, Keiser tacked on three more runs, all without a hit, claiming a 4-1 advantage.
• Keiser's offense then exploded in the fourth by putting up six runs on five hits, highlighted by a two-run RBI double from Miller, to come away with the mercy-rule shortened win, 10-1.

 
Up Next
The Seahawks hit the road on Wednesday afternoon to take on Warner University in a doubleheader beginning at 2:00 p.m. In their previous meeting this season, the Royals claimed both games.