Game Information
Score: Keiser 2, St. Thomas 3 (22-25, 25-23, 25-22, 15-25, 15-9)
Records: Keiser (8-9, 0-4 TSC), St. Thomas (5-7, 4-1 TSC)
Location: Fernandez Center, Miami Gardens, Fla.
St. Thomas Starters: N. Alvarez, C. Batsel, A. Bolinger, C. White, K. Kolbinskie, V. Philpot
Keiser Starters: F. Salazar, J. Odom, A. Seward, E. Malone, B. VandeHei, M. Livingston
 
Highlights
For the second time in as many matches, the Seahawks battled their way through five grueling sets, but fell Saturday afternoon to St. Thomas University. Abbie Seward led the Seahawks offensively with her eighth double-double on the year, tallying a game-high 25 kills and 11 digs. Jordan Odom also registered a double-double on the afternoon, coming away with 15 digs and 12 kills. Brooklyn VandeHei led all players in assists with 44, while Morgan Leff paced the Seahawks with 19 digs.
 
Set One
Play began with both teams matching each other point for point until Eshe Malone's kill sparked a 4-0 Keiser run to give the Seahawks an 8-5 advantage. However, St. Thomas answered with a 3-0 spurt to draw even at 8-8. The score then bounced back-and-forth, including three lead changes when VandeHei delivered a kill, igniting a 3-0 burst for the Seahawks, pushing them ahead 17-14. The Bobcats responded by taking four of the next six points, closing within 19-18 before Keiser went on a 4-2 run of their own to stretch their lead out to 23-20. After two quick STU points and a Keiser timeout, the Seahawks snagged the final two points to take the set 25-22.

Set Two
With the score even at 5-5, Keiser capitalized on a 7-2 run to swing ahead 12-7 before the Bobcats went on an 8-0 run to regain control, leading 15-12. However, kills from Odom and Faryn Salazar highlighted a 3-0 burst to deadlock the match at 15-15. Both squads then split the next 14 points, and with the score knotted at 22-22, Malone picked up her second kill of the set to give the Seahawks a 23-22 lead. However, STU came away with the final three points, taking the set 25-23 and evening the match at one set apiece.

Set Thee
The Seahawks took advantage of multiple STU attacking errors to open the set with a 5-0 margin. The Bobcats then began to chip away at their deficit, eventually drawing even at 8-8. After an Odom kill halted the STU run, the Bobcats came away with the next two points to take their first lead of the set, 10-9. A St. Thomas attack error briefly tied the set at 10-10, but STU tallied the next three points to go ahead 13-10 before stretching their lead out to 22-15. A Stephanie Sanchez kill then kick-started a 5-0 burst for Keiser, shrinking the gap to 22-20. However, the Bobcats scored three of the next five points to take the set 25-22, taking a 2-1 lead.

Set Four
Keiser jumped out to an 8-2 lead behind a pair of kills from Seward and VandeHei and continued to control the set, stretching their advantage out to as many as nine, 13-4. The Bobcats began to cut into the Seahawks lead, but were only able to get as close as 17-12 before KU took eight of the final 11 points to come away with the 25-15 win, tying the match at two sets apiece.

Set Five
Seward registered three of the first four kills of the set, lifting KU to a 3-1 lead before the Bobcats tallied the next two points to knot the score up at 3-3. After both squads exchanged a point, the Seahawks went on a 3-1 spurt to regain the lead at 7-5 before St. Thomas responded with a 3-0 run of their own to take their first lead of the final set, 8-7. Keiser scored the next two points to regain the advantage, 9-8. However, the Bobcats went on a 7-0 run to close out the set, winning 15-9 to pull away with the 3-2 win.

Team Leaders
Keiser
Kills: 25 - Seward
Assists: 44 - VandeHei
Digs: 19 - Leff
 
STU
Kills: 19 - Bolinger
Assists: 34 - Alvarez
Digs: 20 - Kolbinskie

Up Next
The Seahawks return home Wednesday night as they host Florida Memorial University, beginning at 7:00 p.m.