Match Score: Keiser 2, Florida Memorial 3
Set Scores: 25-22, 11-25, 24-26, 25-12, 19-17
Records: Keiser (29-10), Florida Memorial (21-10)
Location: Student Life Center, West Palm Beach, Fla.
It was a heart-pounding, back-and-forth battle in the Sun Conference Semifinal, as Florida Memorial and Keiser went the distance to five sets for the third time this season.
In the end, the Lions came away with the narrow win to advance to play Coastal Georgia in the TSC Championship on Saturday, November 16 at 1:00 p.m, while Keiser's historic 2019 campaign concludes.
Key Stats
- 1: The match was the first-ever postseason meeting between Florida Memorial and Keiser.
- 3: Keiser was vying for the program's third Sun Conference Tournament victory, but instead it was just the third win all-time for Florida Memorial over the Seahawks.
- 4: Keiser displayed a balanced and potent attack, as four Seahawks finished the match with double-figure kills.
- 10-7: Senior Eshe Malone notched ten kills for the Seahawks in her final match, and chipped in with a season-high seven digs.
- 14: Cassie Cox was efficient on her way to 14 kills, recording a .538 hitting percentage.
- 15-11: Both Jordan Odom and Abbie Seward led the way for KU with 15 kills, while Odom recorded her team-leading 15th double-double of the season by tacking on 11 digs as well.
- 20: Libero Stephanie Sanchez finished the match with a team-high 20 digs.
- 29-13: Keiser's memorable 2019 season concludes with the program-record 29 victories, 13 of which came in Sun Conference play.
- 36: The back-and-forth, roller coaster of a fifth set in front of the raucous crowd involved 36 points in total, with each team surviving match points against them until the Lions earned a final kill.
- 52-10-6: VandeHei, the Sun Conference Setter of the Year, doled out a match-high 52 assists to go along with 10 digs and a career-high six kills.
- 2076: As one of the many records to fall in a historic 2019 season, Keiser set a new record for digs in a season, reaching 2,076 early in the second set.