Score: No. 3 Keiser 8, Florida College 2
Records: Keiser (4-0-0), Florida College (3-5-1)
Location: Arrigo-Vecellio Field, West Palm Beach, Fla.

Six different Seahawks scored as the Keiser men's soccer team won its 2021 home opener, 8-2, to improve to 4-0-0 on the year. Lucas Jacobs and Luca Malvicini each posted multiple goals in the contest to guide KU to the six-goal victory. 


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• Lucas Jacobs got KU on the board in the 15th minute with his second goal of the season. The junior forward beat FC goalkeeper Anton Richard to the lower-right corner for the 1-0 lead. Takahiro Awaji was credited with an assist on the score. 
• Jacobs extended the lead to 2-0 after converting a penalty kick attempt in the 21st minute. The PK was draw by Hannu Tam after begin taken down in the area.
• Tam gave the Seahawks a 3-0 lead in the 40th minute with his second goal of 2021. After a turnover at midfield, Keiser countered as Charlie Hennen connected with Nick Akoto who then found Tam in the Falcon's area. Tam beat Richards to his left for the score. Akoto and Hennen were credited with assists on the play.
• After the first 45 minutes, Keiser out-shot Florida College, 13-2, including a 4-1 edge in shots on goal.
• FC cut the lead to 3-1 in the 53rd minute with the first of two goals for Krist Berisha on the day. Berisha converted a penalty kick attempt to get the Falcons on the board.
• Berisha added his second goal a minute later, scoring in the 54th minute.
• The flood gated opened in the 67th minute as KU proceeded to score five unanswered goals.
• Rodrigo Montez Silva got the scoring started in the 67th minute. The freshman midfielder collected a loose ball to the right of the keeper, chipping shot into the back of the net on a beautiful volley to himself. 
• KU went up 5-2 in the 70th minute as Alvaro Jimenez Valera. The score was set up by Finn Syson, who intercepted a Florida College goal kick at midfield. Syson found Jimenez Velara streak towards goal, who then slotted a shot through the keeper's legs for the team's fifth goal of the day.
• Luca Malvicini made it 6-2 in the 77th minute. after beating the keeper who was out of position after making an initial save of Malvicini's shot on a breakaway.
• Malvicini scored goal number two of the season in the 83rd minute on a give-and-go with Fernando Abreu. Malvicini struck a low shot, near post to give KU a 7-2 advantage.
• Abreu notched the team's final goal of the contest in the 84th minute. On a quick corner kick by Roderick Wood to the left edge of the area, Abreu struck a low shot through traffic, beating the keeper and making the score 8-2.
• KU Goalkeeper Felipe Godoy earned his fourth win of the season, making two saves in 90 minutes of action for the Seahawks.  

• KU improved to 4-0 all-time versus the Falcons with today's 8-2 victory.
• The eight-goal performance mark the fourth straight time in the series that Keiser has scored eight-or-more goals versus Florida College.
• Entering the day, the Seahawks had totaled five goals on the year. On Saturday, the team scored a total of eight goals.
• Ten difference Seahawks registered at least one point on the day.
• The 34 total shot in the game nearly doubled the team's total output for the season (39 total shot coming into Saturday's match).
• The Seahawks are now 4-0-0 to start the season for the second straight year.

No. 3 Keiser
Shots: 34
Shots on Goal: 20
Corner Kicks: 11
Saves: 2
 
Florida College
Shots: 6
Shots on Goal: 4
Corner Kicks: 1
Saves: 12
 


Keiser opens up Sun Conference play at Warner on Saturday, September 25. Game time from Lake Wales, Florida, is set for 7:00 PM.