Score: No. 8  Keiser 5, Webber Int'l 2
Records: No. 8 Keiser (11-1-2) (No. 1 seed), Webber Int'l (10-4-1) (No. 5 seed)
Location: Arrigo-Vecellio Field, West Palm Beach, Fla.

No. 8 men's soccer totaled five goals in the Sun Conference Semifinals with a win over the Warriors of Webber International. Alejandro Varela Sabio had a notable performance scoring two of the five goals. With today's win, the Seahawks will face off against St. Thomas on Friday in the Sun Conference Championship Finals. Game time is set for 1:30 PM

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• The first few minutes of the match were off to a quick start with the first shot of the game coming from the Warriors in the first two minutes.
• After multiple corner kicks from Keiser to no avail, captain midfielder Varela Sabio took matters into his own hands and started the rally for the first goal of the match with the help of Jack Casey and Rui Reis for the 1-0 lead.
• A few minutes later, Varela Sabio managed to get a breakaway from two defenders and went one on one with the Warriors keeper for his second goal of the day (2-0).
• Four fouls were called against Keiser before Rui Reis added to the board for the Seahawks to make it a 3-0 lead with an assist from Adrian Camacho Castro.
• Keiser's keeper Santiago Nebot Oliver only faced two shots in the first half of play.
• In the second half, both squads were firing shots with ten apiece. 
• The Warriors notched a goal in the 76th minute to break the possibility of a shutout.
• It was not until the 82nd minute the Seahawks would score again when Fernando Abreu notched his second goal of the season to take the 4-1 lead.
• Five minutes later, freshman Gabi Villafane scored with a cross from Jack Casey to give Keiser the 5-1 lead.
• The Warriors scored a minute later but Keiser would complete the game with four different goal scorers in the 5-2 victory. 

   

• With the win, the Seahawks advance to their fourth straight Sun Conference Tournament Final and the third straight against the St. Thomas Bobcats.
• Keiser is now 12-10-6 all-time in the Sun Conference Tournament.
• The Seahawks improved to 5-3-4 in the Sun Conference Semifinals with Tuesday's win.
• Tuesday marked the 14th Sun Conference Tournament game held in West Palm Beach as the Seahawks improved to 8-1-5 all-time in those games.
• Keiser will be making its 10th appearance all-time in the Sun Conference Championship Game.
• With the win, the Seahawks improved to 22-5 all-time versus the Warriors (15-1 at Arrigo-Vecellio Field).
• It was KU's 14th straight win over Webber International. 
• The match-up on Tuesday was just the fourth all-time between Keiser and WIU in the Sun Conference Tournament (KU leads 4-0).
• With an assist on Tuesday, Adrian Camacho Castro increased his season total in points to 23 - he has now notched 94 for his career, needing just six points to become the fourth player in Keiser history with 100 career points.
• Varela Sabio notched his second and third goals of the season.
• Varela Sabio has registered a new season high for two goals in one match. 
• Midfielder Abreu scored his second goal of the season. 
• Casey racked up two assists in today's match, he now has broken his season high for assists (6). 
• After today's matchup versus the Warriors, Villafane improves to three goals in the season. 
• Reis scored another goal in this match to improve to 10 goals this season (tied for the team lead with Lucas Jacobs). 

 

No. 8 Keiser
Shots: 17
Shots on Goal: 9
Corner Kicks: 9
Saves: 7

Webber Int'l
Shots: 15
Shots on Goal: 9
Corner Kicks: 5
Saves: 4
 


Keiser hosts St. Thomas Friday, Nov. 11 at 1:30 pm for the Sun Conference Championship Finals.
 

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