The Keiser volleyball team kept things rolling on Wednesday night, sweeping the Florida Memorial Lions, 3-0 (25-17, 25-13, 25-18), to pick up the Seahawks' ninth straight victory.
Setter Hannah Heide registered 28 assists to become the school's all-time leader in assists (3,991). Heide led the Seahawks with 14 digs for her 16th double-double of the season. Brooklynn Slater posted a match-high 12 kills versus the Lions, hitting .391.
As a team, the Seahawks hit .368 while holding the Lions to an attack percentage of .066.
Match Score: Keiser Seahawks 3, Florida Memorial Lions 0
Set Scores: (25-17, 25-13, 25-18)
Location: Location: Student Life Center (West Palm Beach, Fla.)
Records: Keiser Seahawks (28-8, 8-3 SUN), Florida Memorial Lions (4-10, 2-8 SUN)
SET 1 (KU, 25-17)
- Brooklynn Slater got things started off with a kill, 1-0.
- The Seahawks jumped out to a 3-0 lead after another kill by Slater.
- Hannah Heide gave the Seahawks a 5-3 edge with her first kill of the night.
- Heide's kill sparked a mini run by the Seahawks, pushing Keiser's lead to 7-3, resulting in a FMU timeout.
- Out of the break, the Lions scored three straight points to cut Keiser's lead to one, 7-6.
- Slater ended the Lions' streak with a kill, 8-6.
- FMU tied the set, 9-9, with a kill by Caroline Souza.
- The Lions pushed their run to 5-0 taking an 11-9 lead.
- A block assist by Josephine Mulligan and Aby Tibesar pulled KU within one, 11-10.
- A kill by Sydney Wattles and a service ace by Erika Magin gave Keiser a 12-11 lead.
- Back-to-back blocks by the Seahawks gave KU a 15-11 lead.
- Wattles increased the Seahawks' run to 7-0 with a kill as Keiser led, 16-11.
- Out of a Florida Memorial timeout, the Lions scored three straight points to make it s 16-13 score.
- Wattles recorded her third kill of the match to extend the lead, 17-13.
- Four straight errors, including a block assist by Wattles and Heide pushed Keiser's lead to 21-13.
- A kill by Slater put Keiser in the position to serve for set point, 24-17.
- A block by Tibesar gave the Seahawks Set One, 25-17.
SET 2 (KU, 25-13)
- Slater got the scoring started for the second straight set with a kill, 1-0.
- The Lions responded with two straight points to take a 2-1 lead.
- Slater tied the set, 2-2, with a kill.
- The score went back-and-forth, tied at 4-4.
- A kill by Mulligan gave Keiser a 5-4 lead but FMU responded with a kill of their own (5-5).
- A kill by Heide and an error by FMU gave the Seahawks a 7-5 edge.
- A kill by Wattles made it 8-5 on an assist by Heide.
- The assist was Heide's 12 of the match, tying the record for career assists at Keiser (Brooklyn VandeHei - 3,975).
- A pair of aces by Magin moved Keiser's lead to 10-5.
- Wattles again registered the kill to push KU's lead to five, 11-6.
- Heide set the school record for career assist on the Wattles kill (3,976).
- Silva capped off a 5-0 run as Keiser led 15-6.
- Slater's ninth kill of the match forced an FMU timeout, 17-8.
- The Seahawks continued its run with a block assists by Heide and Wattles, 19-8.
- Another Keiser block - this time by Slater - made it 20-8.
- A kill by Mulligan gave Keiser the ball, serving for set point, 24-13.
- Set Two went to Keiser, 25-13, following a block assist by Tibesar and Mulligan.
SET 3 (KU, 25-18)
- A service ace gave Keiser the early 1-0 lead.
- After an FMU point, Heide recorded the kill for a 2-1 edge.
- Following a service error by FMU's Destiny Marrero, Tibesar gave the Seahawks a 4-2 advantage with a kill.
- Kills by Tibesar, Heide, and Slater pushed the Seahawks' run to 6-0, resulting in an FMU timeout, 8-2.
- A block assist by Wattles and Silva extended Keiser's lead, 12-4.
- The Seahawks continued to push their lead, taking advantage of a pair of Florida Memorial errors, 16-7.
- Slater posted Keiser's 20th point of the set with her 12th kill of the match, 20-11.
- The Lions used a 3-0 run to cut the KU lead, 21-14.
- Two more points made it 21-16 in favor of the Seahawks.
- A service error by FMU's Rafaela Nogueira and a kill by Silva pushed the KU lead to 23-16.
- An attack error by the Lions' Maria Rodriguez made it set point for Keiser, 24-16.
- Mulligan closed out the match with a kill, 25-18.
- Setter Hannah Heide recorded 28 assists on Wednesday, increasing her season total to 1,222 assists.
- The native of Jupiter, Florida, native became the school's all-time leader in assists (3,991).
- Her 1,222 assists this season lead both the Sun Conference and the NAIA.
- Her season total it the third-highest all-time in a single season at Keiser.
- Heide also led the Seahawks with 14 digs for her 16th double-double of the season.
- Brooklynn Slater led the Seahawks with 12 kills on Wednesday to extend her NAIA lead in points and kills (632.0/559).
- She also ranks No. 7 in the NAIA in kills per set (4.30).
- Slater's 559 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 (974).
- Erika Magin led all Seahawks with three service aces and is the school's all-time leader with 187.
- Sydney Wattles added eight kills and hit a blistering .538.
- Wattles is second in the SUN in attack percentage (.347).
- The Seahawks produced 11.0 total blocks in the match.
- Wattles led Keiser with six blocks, followed by Aby Tibesar (4) and Josephine Mulligan (4).
- Keiser leads the nation in total kills (1,592), total assists (1,494, and is fourth in total service aces (280) service aces this season.
- The win extends the Seahawks current winning streak to nine matches.
- Keiser moves to 28-8 on the year with Wednesday's win.
- The 28 wins are the fourth most in a season for the Seahawks under Head Coach James Rogers.
- With the win, Keiser improves to 36-7 all-time versus the Lions.
- With the win, Keiser has won three of the last four versus FMU.
- Keiser improves to 30-5 versus the Lions in Sun Conference action.
- With the victory, the Seahawks improved to 8-4 in home matches this season and 15-4 all-time versus the Lions at the SLC.
- With the win on Wednesday, Head Coach James Rogers moves to 160-66 (56-26 SUN) all-time at Keiser.
The Seahawks travels to Lakeland, Florida, to face the Southeastern Fire on Saturday, October 28. First serve from the Furnace is set for 2:00 PM.
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