NAIA Opening Round
Score: No.6 Keiser 4, William Penn 0
Records: No. 6 Keiser (15-2-0), William Penn (12-9-0)
Location: Arrigo-Vecellio Field, West Palm Beach, Fla.
The sixth-ranked Seahawks blanked William Penn 4-0 in the NAIA Opening Round match on Thursday afternoon in West Palm Beach, Fla. With the victory, Keiser advances to the NAIA Championship game on Saturday.
- Keiser struck first in the 20th minute when Adrian Camacho Castro netted an unassisted goal, beating three defenders for the 1-0 lead.
- Lucas Jacobs doubled the advantage in the 38th minute, finishing off a deflected shot by Ciro Damine.
- Damine tied the program record for career goals in the 70th minute, heading home a cross by Hannu Tam as KU now led 3-0.
- Luca Malvicini extended the advantage to four goals in the 82nd minute, finishing off a great through ball from Tam.
- Keiser is 4-5-1 all-time in NAIA National Tournament matches.
- The Seahawks are 2-1-1 in opening-round games.
- This is the second straight year that KU won the opening round match.
- This was the first-ever meeting between these two teams.
- KU picked up their seventh shutout of the year.
- Damine tied the program record for career goals with 52, held by Marcus Johansson (2010-13).
- Damine paced the Seahawks with five shots with three on target.
- Tam had a pair of assists in the second half.
Keiser
Shots: 14
Shots on Goal: 10
Corner Kicks: 2
Saves: 2
William Penn
Shots: 10
Shots on Goal: 2
Corner Kicks: 8
Saves: 6
Keiser vs. the winner of Mobile/Reinhardt on Saturday, Apr. 24 at 4:00 p.m. on Arrigo-Vecellio Field in West Palm Beach, Fla.
