Game Information
Game One Score: No. 24 Keiser 10, USCB 0, 7 Inn.|No. 24 Keiser 2, USCB 0
Records: No. 24 Keiser (6-1, 2-0), USCB (4-3, 0-2)
Series: 2-0, Keiser
Location: Silvester Field, West Palm Beach, Fla.

Game One
Score: No. 24 Keiser 10, USCB 0, 7 Inn.
Pitchers of Record: W: Tworek (2-0), L: Constan (1-1)
Time of Game: 2:07
Weather: 68 degrees, Mostly Cloudy

Keiser Highlights

• Keiser moves to 6-8 in conference openers and have won four straight conference opening contests.
• This is the second straight season that these two teams have opened conference play against each other with KU winning both times.
• Eight of the nine Seahawks recorded at least one hit with Jonathan Fernandez leading the way with three.
• Mark Gottsacker and Miguel Casanueva also recorded multiple hits in the opening game of the series.
• Casanueva had a team best three runs batted in, while Nate VanKan and Peter Crocitto had two RBI's apiece.
• Chad Tworek was outstanding in his first conference start, tossing six shutout innings with three strikeouts. Connor Rooney threw the final inning for the Seahawks.

Key Pitching
Tworek has made two starts this season for the Seahawks and has yet to yield a run in 11 innings of work.  The senior is 2-0 in the games that he has appeared in.
 
How it Happened

• The Sand Sharks put runners on the corners with one-away in the first but Tworek buckled down to get a strikeout and ground out to escape the early jam.
• In the bottom half, the Seahawks pushed across two runs on an RBI single to left-center by Gottsacker and a sacrifice fly to center by Crocitto.
• For the second straight inning, USCB threatened with the bases load and two-away but Tworek induced an inning ending groundout.
• The Seahawks used clutch two-out hitting in third behind RBI singles from Fernandez, Casanueva, and a two-run double to left by VanKan to lead 6-0.
• Just like the previous frame, Keiser plated three runs with two-outs, highlighted by a two-run home run to left by Casanueva, raising the margin to 9-0.
• A second sacrifice fly in the contest by Crocitto made it 10-0, Keiser in the fifth inning.
• Tworek and Rooney combined to shutout the Sand Sharks in the final two frames as KU took the opening game of the series in seven-innings, 10-0.

 
Game Two
Score: No. 24 Keiser 2, USCB 0
Pitchers of Record: W: Byrd (1-0), L: Collins (1-1), S: Alfonso (2)
Time of Game: 2:05
Weather: 77 degree, Mostly Cloudy

Keiser Highlights

• Keiser was held to just two hits in the second game after connecting on 12 in the first game.
• Jake Voss took a no decision despite throwing 6.2 shutout innings with four strikeouts and holding USCB to four hits.
• Fletcher Byrd received his first win of the year after tossing a shutout inning with two punch-outs.
• Alex Alfonso earned his second save of the year after throwing a perfect ninth inning with a strikeout.

Key Player
Casanueva's solo home run in the eighth inning was the difference in the second contest as the senior tallied his second of the day.
 
How it Happened

• The Seahawks were held hitless until Crocitto connected on a two-out double in the fourth but VanKan was thrown out at third on the play, as the game remained scoreless.
• In the sixth, USCB nearly took their first lead of the day with a runner on third and nobody out but Voss retired the next three batters, keeping the score at 0-0.
• The game remained scoreless until Casanueva went yard for the second time today, towering a ball over the big blue fence in left to lead 1-0.
• VanKan extended the lead out to 2-0 with a sacrifice fly to left, scoring courtesy runner, Kyle Allen.
• Alfonso shut the door in the ninth with his second save of the year as the Seahawks secured the doubleheader sweep.

Up Next
The Seahawks will look to complete the three-game sweep tomorrow against USCB at 10:30 a.m.