AAC Quarterfinal
Score: No. 4 Keiser 9, No. 7 Webber 8
Records: No. 4 Keiser (8-4), No. 7 Webber (11-6)
Multi-Purpose Field, West Palm Beach, Fla.

For the second time in less than a week, the No. 4 Keiser Seahawks topped the No. 7 Webber Warriors by one goal. However, this game meant just a little bit more as Keiser will now advance into the semiffinal of the AAC Tournament to face No. 6 Reinhardt.


Keiser 3, Webber 1

• Webber jumped out to an early advantage in the game with a goal at the 12:06 mark.
• Keiser would respond with back-to-back goals by Ryan Schwartz and Michael Shephard to take the 2-1 lead with 6:30 to play in the first.
• Cole Stassi would give the Seahawks a 3-1 advantage going into the second quarter with a goal at the 2:29 mark.

Keiser 4, Webber 2

• Vincent Cerasuolo carried the momentum into the second quarter with his first goal of the night with 11:01 to play.
• The Warriors would respond at the 8:54 mark to cut the lead down to 4-2 in favor of KU.
• Webber would score again just before the half to make it a 4-3 game going into the break.

Keiser 7, Webber 7

• Stassi would kick off the scoring in the new half with a goal at the 12:34 mark to up the Keiser lead to 5-3.
• 18 seconds after a Warriors goal, Cerasuolo would keep the KU advantage at two with 9:19 left in the third.
• Webber would score nearly identical goals with Blake Nelson finding Houston Finlayson to tie the game at 6-6 with 2:41 showing.
• Schwartz picked up his second goal to the Seahawks back ahead with 2:02 remaining, 7-6.
• The Warriors would respond with a man-up goal with under a minute to play to make it a 7-7 game heading into the fourth.

Keiser 9, Webber 8

• Webber would score the opening goal of the fourth quarter with 14:15 on the clock to take their first lead since the 7:22 mark of the first quarter.
• Cerasuolo tied the game at 8-8 with 10:19 still to play in the game and shift the momentum towards the Seahawks.
• With 3:54 left in the contest, Stassi struck again to put Keiser ahead 9-8.
• The Seahawks would continue to pressure followed by one final defensive stand to take the 9-8 victory over the Warriors.

• 1: KU picked up their first AAC Conference Tournament win as this is the first year that the Seahawks joined the conference.
• 3: Cerasuolo and Stassi both registered hat tricks in the game for Keiser.
• 4: Stassi led the team on the night with four points.
• 5: Tyler Suckling-Ward led the Seahawks with five caused turnovers in the game. 
• 12/17: Cam Provines was a menace all night, collecting a game-high 12 ground balls in addition to going 17-of-19 in the faceoff circle.
• 16: Keiser picked up their 16th ranked win of the program's history and the third of the season.
• 105/163: Provines has now improved on last season's records with 105 groundballs and 163 faceoff wins on the season.

No. 4 Keiser
Points: Stassi (4)
Goals: Cerasuolo/Stassi (3)
Assists: Stassi/Shephard/Hiestand (1)
Faceoffs: Provines (17-19)
Ground Balls: Provines (12)
Caused Turnovers: Suckling-Ward (5)
Saves: George (3)
 
No. 7 Webber
Points: Nelson (4)
Goals: Finlayson (3)
Assists: Nelson (4)
Faceoffs: Elam (2-7)
Ground Balls: Elam (4)
Caused Turnovers: Pallone III (3)
Saves: Kulick (14)


Keiser will travel to Waleska, Georgia for a contest with the No. 6 ranked Reinhardt Eagles on April 22nd in the AAC Semifinal.