The Keiser volleyball team won their seventh straight match with a 3-0 (25-19, 25-20, 25-22) over the Ave Maria Gyrenes on Wednesday night. With the win, the Seahawks remain in third place in the SUN Standings. 

Brooklynn Slater led all Seahawks with 15 kills while hitting .375 in the match. She also collected 15 digs for her 11th double-double of the season. Hannah Heide added 35 assists in the match while Sydney Wattles notched nine kills with a .500 attack percentage.
 

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Match Score: Keiser Seahawks 3, Ave Maria Gyrenes 0
Set Scores: (25-19, 25-20, 25-22)
Location: Location: Donahue Gym (Ave Maria, Fla.)
Records: Keiser Seahawks (26-8, 6-3 SUN), Ave Maria Gyrenes (10-12, 5-5 SUN)
 

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SET 1 (25-19, KU)

• Sydney Wattles tied the match with the team's first kill, 1-1
• After AMU regained the lead, 2-1, Brooklynn Slater drew Keiser even with a kill, 2-2
• An ace by Hannah Heide pushed KU's lead to 4-2
• A 3-0 run gave Keiser a 13-8 edge
• AMU ended the run following a kill by Zelie Kessler, 13-9
• Josephine Mulligan and Slater each had kills during a Seahawk 4-0 run as Keiser led, 17-9
• The Gyrenes responded with four straight points to cut the Keiser lead to 17-13, resulting in a KU timeout
• Aby Tibesar recorded a kill to end the Gyrenes' run, 18-13
• The Seahawks added two more points for a 20-13 advantage
• After a Frederica Silva kill made it 22-15, AMU rattled off three straight points (22-18)
• A kill by Slater on set point, gave Keiser the 25-19 victory

SET 2 (25-20, KU)

• A Wattles kill and an attack error by AMU's Paeton Hyde gave Keiser a 2-0 lead
• The Gyrenes responded, tying the set, 2-2
• Slater (kill) tied the set, 4-4
• The set went back-and-forth with two more tied scores, 6-6
• The Seahawks scored two straight with a Silva kill and an attack error by Elle Malczewski, 8-6
• Keiser added three more points, capped off with a service ace by Silva, 11-6
• A kill by Slater gave Keiser a 13-9 lead 
• AMU scored three straight to pull within one, 13-12
• A Mulligan kill and an attack error by Beatriz Rissi made it a 17-13 Keiser advantage
• A service ace by Erika Magin extended the Seahawks' lead to 19-15
• After Mulligan (kill) gave Keiser a 20-15 edge, Ave Maria scored four straight to cut the lead to one, 20-19, resulting in a KU timeout
• Out of the break, Keiser led, 22-19, following back-to-back Gyrene attack errors
• The Seahawks scored the final three points of the set, 25-20

SET 3 (KU, 25-22)

• The Gyrenes jumped out to a 4-1 lead to start the set
• A kill by AMU's Rissi gave AMU a 7-2 edge, causing a Keiser timeout
• Mulligan cut the deficit to 7-3 with a kill out of the break
• Trailing 10-5, the Seahawks scored three straight with back-to-back kills by Slater and a service ace by Silva (10-8), forcing an AMU timeout
• Keiser tied the set, 12-12, after a Heide service ace
• With the score tied 14-14, AMU went on a 3-0 run to take the lead (17-14)
• Keiser battled back, tying the match, 18-18, with a kill by Slater
• A kill by Mulligan gave KU a 23-22 edge
• With the score 24-22, Silva recorded the kill for the Keiser victory, 25-22

  

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• With 35 assists on Saturday, Hannah Heide has now registered 1,140 assists this season, leading the Sun Conference and the NAIA. 
• Her 1,140 assists this season are the third most all-time in a single season at Keiser.
• Heide has now tallied 3,909 career assists - 66 shy of becoming the school's all-time leader (Brooklyn VandeHei - 3,975).
• Brooklynn Slater led the Seahawks with 15 kills on Wednesday to extend her NAIA lead in points and kills (597.0/528).
• She also ranks No. 5 in the NAIA in kills per set (4.29). 
• Slater's 528 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.
• The native of Las Vegas, Nevada, has moved into fifth-place in career kills at Keiser (943).
• Slater also led the Seahawks with 15 digs for her 11th double-double on the season.
• Slater posted an impressive hitting percentage of .375 in the match.
• Erika Magin chipped in five digs on Wednesday to increase her career total to 2,047 - the school's all-time leader.
• Magin is the first player in Keiser volleyball history to reach the 2000-dig plateau.
• Sydney Wattles added nine kills with an attack percentage of .500.
• Wattles is second in the SUN in attack percentage (.346).
• Wattles also leads the Sun Conference in services aces and is tied for eighth in the NAIA.
• Keiser leads the nation in total kills (1492), total assists (1395), and is second in total service aces (268) service aces this season.

• The win extends the Seahawks current winning streak to seven matches
• Keiser moves to 26-8 on the year with Wednesday's win.
• The 26 wins are the fourth most in a season for the Seahawks under Head Coach James Rogers.
• Keiser remains in third place in the Sun Conference Standings with Wednesday's win (6-3 SUN).
• With the win, Keiser improves to 25-12 all-time versus the Gyrenes.
• With the win, Keiser has won nine of the last 12 versus AMU.
• Keiser improves to 19-11 versus the Gyrenes in Sun Conference action.
• With the victory, the Seahawks improved to 7-2 in road matches this season.
• With the win on Wednesday, Head Coach James Rogers moves to 158-66 (54-26 SUN) all-time at Keiser.

The Seahawks host the Coastal Georgia Mariners on Saturday, October 21. First serve from the Student Life Center is set for 2:00 PM.
 

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