The Keiser volleyball team (17-21) will travel to Miami Gardens, Florida, to take on the Florida Memorial Lions (9-9) in the quarterfinals of the 2021 Sun Conference Volleyball Championship on Tuesday, November 9. First serve from the FMU Wellness Center is set for 7:00 PM.
Keiser Seahawks (17-21) at
Florida Memorial (9-9)
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 - 7:00 PM
FMU Wellness Center (Miami Gardens, Fla.)
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- Tuesday will mark the 39th meeting all-time between the Seahawks and Lions with Keiser holding a 33-5 edge in the series history.
- Keiser enters Tuesday's match, looking to snap a two-game losing skid to the Lions.
- The Seahawks dropped a 3-1 decision at FMU earlier this season (9/15/21).
- Tuesday will mark the second time these two teams will meet in the Sun Conference Championship - FMU defeated the Seahawks, 3-2, in the semifinals on November 15, 2019 (West Palm Beach, Florida).
- The Seahawks are 4-10 all-time in the SUN tournament.
- KU owns a 14-1 record versus the Lions in Miami Gardens, Florida.
- The Seahawks are looking to improve to 18-21 on the year.
- Keiser enters this year's tournament as the No. 6 seed.
- The Seahawks are coming off a 3-2 win versus Coastal Georgia on Saturday, November 6.
- Florida Memorial comes into Tuesday having lost four straight matches, including a 3-0 forfeit loss versus Ave Maria on Friday.
- Brooklyn VandeHei enters Tuesday's match with 3,949 assists during her career – No. 3 all-time in Sun Conference history. The native of Burlington, Wisconsin, is also the school record holder in career service aces (158).
- Hitting .355 on the year, Cassie Cox ranks fourth in the conference in attack percentage.
- Erika Magin's 557 digs in 2021 are the second-most in the conference. Magin became just the fourth player in school history to register 500-or-more digs in a season.
- Head Coach James Rogers picked up his 100th wins at Keiser on Saturday.
- VandeHei comes into Tuesday's match having registered 10 triple-doubles this season, including a 12-kill, 42-assist, 17-dig performance last Saturday versus CCGA.
- VandeHei was named this week's Sun Conference Setter of the Week (the 11th weekly award of her KU career).
- On Saturday, Keiser set the school record for assists in a match with 72. The Seahawks also posted the second-most kills in school history with 73.
| Keiser |
2021 Stats |
Florida Memorial |
| 1,727 (12.4) |
Kills |
729 (12.0) |
| .193 |
Attack % |
.188 |
| 1,639 (11.8) |
Assists |
673 (11.0) |
| 190 (1.4) |
Service Aces |
95 (1.6) |
| 2,065 (14.9) |
Digs |
828 (13.6) |
| 152.5 (1.1) |
Total Blocks |
115.0 (1.9) |
|
Leaders |
|
| Amber Dilsaver (3.09) |
Kills |
Biancaliz Cruz (2.88) |
| Cassie Cox (.355) |
Attack % |
Kimberlie Correa (.357) |
| Brooklyn VandeHei (5.68) |
Assists |
Augustina Busque (5.27) |
| Brooklyn VandeHei (0.29) |
Service Aces |
Sammyra Albarran (0.60) |
| Erika Magin (4.01) |
Digs |
Keisha Roldan (4.50) |
| Amber Dilsaver (0.57) |
Total Blocks |
Kimberlie Correa (0.98) |
