The Keiser volleyball team extended its current winning streak to five matches with a pair of victories on Thursday. The Seahawks swept the UMFK Bengals (for the second consecutive day) in a neutral site match, 3-0 (25-21, 25-17, 25-12) to start the day and followed that up with a 3-1 win over Florida College (25-21, 22-25, 25-17, 25-22) in Temple Terrace, Florida. The matches were part of a tri-match hosted by Florida College.
The Seahawks finished the day wth 92 kills on a .248 hitting percentage. Led by Brooklynn Slater's 30 kills, Keiser improved to 19-4 in games played away from the Student Life Center this season.
Setter Hannah Heide registered 73 assists on Thursday while Erika Magin posted a team-best 28 digs.
Match One
Match Score: Keiser Seahawks 3, UMFK Bengals 0
Set Scores: (25-21, 25-17, 25-12)
Location: Conn Gym (Temple Terrace, Fla.)
Records: Keiser Seahawks (23-8), UMFK Bengals (13-3)
SET 1 (25-21, KU)
- Trailing 2-0, the Seahawks posted three straight points capped off with a kill by Brooklynn Slater to take a 3-2 lead.
- UMFK took a 6-4 lead before Keiser stormed back when kills by Josephine Mulligan and Aby Tibesar tied the set, 6-6.
- A 5-1 run by the Bengals gave UMFK an 11-7 advantage.
- Trailing 13-9, KU notched three straight points to pull within one point, 13-12.
- The Seahawks took advantage of three Bengals errors to take a 16-15 lead.
- Tied at 17-17, Keiser scored three consecutive points with a kill by Frederica Silva and two by Sydney Wattles.
- Back-to-back kills by Hannah Heide and Slater pushed the Seahawks' lead to 22-18.
- Two straight points by UMFK cut the Keiser lead to 22-20.
- Slater registered the final three points of the set to give Keiser the 25-21 victory.
SET 2 (25-17, KU)
- Keiser opened the set with a 3-1 lead following a kill by Tibesar.
- Trailing 5-4, a kill by Silva and an attacking error by UMFK's Genesis Wright gave KU a 6-5 edge.
- After a 9-9 tie, Slater sparked a 3-0 run with back-to-back kills coupled with a UMFK service error to take a 12-9 lead.
- Three consecutive points by the Bengals tied the match, 12-12.
- The Seahawks pushed their lead to 18-12, scoring six straight points.
- With the score 20-16, Keiser went on a 4-0 run, including two kills by Wattles (24-16).
- A kill by Silva closed the set, 25-17.
SET 3 (25-12, KU)
- A 5-0 run to start the set, including two service aces by Silva gave KU the early lead.
- The Seahawks added three straight points to take a 10-3 advantage.
- Silva capped off a 5-0 run with a kill to give Keiser a 16-6 lead.
- A kill and two more service aces by Silva pushed the Seahawks lead to 19-7.
- Silva recorded the 23rd point with a kill to make it an 11-point set.
- Erika Magin produced a service ace to make it match point, 24-12.
- Mulligan and Wattles ended the match with a block assists, 25-12.
Match Two
Match Score: Keiser Seahawks 3, Florida College 1
Set Scores: (25-21, 22-25, 25-17, 25-22)
Location: Location: Conn Gym (Temple Terrace, Fla.)
Records: Keiser Seahawks (24-8), Florida College Falcons (14-10)
SET 1 (25-21, KU)
- The Falcons opened the contest with a 4-0 run.
- A kill by FC's Adriana Bravo gave the Falcons a 7-2 edge.
- Kills by Slater and Tibesar helped Keiser cut the Falcon lead to 7-5.
- The Keiser defense forced an attack error by Raquel Teixeira to pull within one, 9-8.
- Florida College scored three straight points to take a 12-8 lead.
- The Seahawks used a 4-0 run to tie the contest, 12-12.
- A kill by Slater gave Keiser a 15-14 edge.
- An ace by Slater capped off a 3-0 run as Keiser led, 18-15.
- With a 21-20 lead, kills by Wattles, Tibesar, and Heide made it a 24-20 set in favor of KU.
- A kill by Slater gave the first set to the Seahawks, 25-21.
SET 2 (25-22, FC)
- The Falcons held an early lead, 6-2.
- The Seahawks went on a 6-0 run to take an 8-6 lead.
- FC used a 3-0 run to regain the lead, 10-9.
- Heide tied the match, 11-11, with a kill.
- After a block by Tibesar gave KU a 15-14 advantage, Florida College went on a 4-0 run to lead, 18-15.
- The Seahawks battled back as a kill by Tibesar tied the set, 18-18.
- The Seahawks led, 22-20, following a block by Silva.
- The Falcons rattled off five straight points to tie the match, 1-1.
SET 3 (25-17, KU)
- The Seahawks started the set with a 3-0 lead.
- Florida College regained the lead, 8-7, after scoring three consecutive points.
- A kill by Heide gave Keiser a 9-8 lead.
- Slater extended Keiser's lead with a kill, 11-9.
- Tied, 13-13, KU went on a 7-0 run to push its lead to 20-13.
- A service ace by Slater made the score, 23-15.
- The Seahawks took a 2-1 lead in the match following an attack error by FC's Teixeira (25-17).
SET 4 (25-22, KU)
- Trailing 9-4, Keiser chipped away at the FC lead with three straight points, 9-7.
- The Falcons extended their lead with a 3-0 run, 12-7.
- The Seahawks responded with 5-0 run to tie the game, 12-12, including a service ace by Silva and two kills by Slater.
- The Falcons regained the lead with three consecutive points, 16-13.
- Again, the Seahawks responded with a 4-0 run to take a 17-16, lead.
- Trailing 21-20, Keiser posted three straight points capped off with a service ace by Lester to take a 23-21 lead.
- Leading 24-22, Slater closed out the contest with a kill, 25-22.
- Heide recorded 73 assists on Thursday and has now registered 1,080 assists this season, leading the Sun Conference and ranking second in the NAIA.
- Her 1,080 assists this season are the third most all-time in a single season at Keiser.
- Heide has now tallied 3,849 career assists - 126 shy of becoming the school's all-time leader (Brooklyn VandeHei - 3,975).
- Heide also recorded her 15th double-double of the season during Keiser's 3-1 win over Florida College (39 assists, 17 digs).
- Brooklynn Slater had 30 kills during today's tri-match to extend her NAIA lead in points and kills (568.5/500).
- Slater's 500 kills are the fourth-most in a season at Keiser all-time.
- Slater is the first NAIA player this season to reach the 500-kill plateau.
- Erika Magin chipped in 28 digs on Thursday to increase her career total to 2,029 - school's all-time leader.
- Magin is the first player in Keiser volleyball history to reach the 2000-dig plateau.
- Sydney Wattles recorded 20 kills on the day, hitting .432.
- Aby Tibesar finished the two games, hitting .929 with 13 kills.
- The Seahawks recorded 15 service aces on the day.
- Keiser leads the nation with 255 service aces this season.
- The Seahawks finished the day with an attack percentage of .248 while holding the opposition to a hitting percentage of .136.
- Keiser moves to 24-8 on the year with Thursday's victories.
- Thursday's win over UMFK was the second straight for the Seahawks.
- Keiser defeated the Bengals on Wednesday, 3-0, in the first meeting between the two squads.
- With the win, Keiser improves to 13-2 in neutral site games this season.
- With the win over the Falcons, Keiser improved to 10-11 all-time versus Florida College.
- The win marked the seventh straight for the Seahawks over the Falcons.
- With the win, Keiser moves to 5-3 all-time versus the Falcons in Temple Terrace, Florida.
- With the wins on Thursday, Head Coach James Rogers moves to 156-66 all-time at Keiser.
The Seahawks return to Sun Conference action on Saturday, October 14. Keiser will travel to Lake Wales, Florida, to take on the Warner Royals. First serve is set for 10:00 AM.
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