The Keiser volleyball team hits the road for a Wednesday night Sun Conference match at No. 24 St. Thomas. First serve from the Fernandez Family Center in Miami Gardens, Florida, is set for 7:00 PM.
The Seahawks are looking for their third straight road victory in Sun Conference action. Keiser will also look to snap a current five-match losing streak to the Bobcats. The Seahawks are currently third in the Sun Conference Standings and will attempt to move a game closer to first-place St. Thomas with a win on Wednesday.
Keiser Seahawks (19-7, 3-2 SUN) at
No. 24 St. Thomas Bobcats (14-2, 5-0 SUN)
Wednesday, October 4, 2023 - 7:00 PM
Fernandez Family Center, Miami Gardens, Fla.
WATCH LIVE: SUN Digital Network
LIVE STATS: SIDEARM STATS
- Wednesday will mark the 44th meeting all-time between the Seahawks and Bobcats.
- The Seahawks trail the series history, 14-29.
- The last meeting between the two teams resulted in a 3-0 win for St. Thomas on November 12, 2022 in Miami Gardens, Florida.
- Keiser is looking to snap a five-match losing streak to the Bobcats.
- KU trails the series history in Miami Gardens, 3-16.
- The Seahawks are 1-4 in the last five matches played at the Fernandez Family Center.
- Wednesday will mark the 34th Sun Conference match between the two teams all-time.
- STU leads the series in conference play, 22-11.
- Head Coach James Rogers enters Saturday's match with a 5-7 record all-time versus the Bobcats.
- Keiser enters Wednesday's action with a 19-7 record (3-2 in league action).
- A win on Wednesday will give Keiser its sixth 20-win season in program history (fourth under Coach Rogers).
- The Seahawks are currently in third place in the Sun Conference Standings.
- Keiser is 3-1 in road games this season (2-0 in SUN action).
- KU is looking to pick up their third straight conference road win.
- Wednesday will mark the 35th match versus an NAIA Top 25 team for the Seahawks all-time (3-31).
- Sophomore attacker Brooklynn Slater leads the NAIA in kills (415).
- Slater's 415 kills this season are tied for fourth most in a season by a Seahawk.
- Slater is the first and only NAIA player this season to reach the 400-kill plateau.
- The product of Las Vegas, Nevada, also leads the nation in points (474.5) and is sixth in points per set (5.0).
- Slater picked up her third Sun Conference Attacker of the Week award this past week.
- The Seahawks lead the NAIA in total kills (1,140) and service aces (227).
- Hannah Heide leads the conference and is third in the nation in assists (854).
- Heide has now tallied 3,621 career assists - 355 shy of becoming the school's all-time leader (Brooklyn VandeHei - 3,975).
- Heide is only the second player in Keiser history with 3,000-or-more assists.
- Sydney Wattles leads the Sun Conference with 45 service aces followed by Erika Magin with 44.
- Wattles ranks fourth in the nation in services aces while Magin ranks eighth.
- Wattles also leads the conference with 63 total blocks.
- With 44 service aces this season, Erika Magin enters Wednesday's action as the school's all-time leader (182).
- Magin entered the year as Keiser's all-time leader in digs and comes into Wednesday's match with 1,943 for her career.
- Magin leads the conference in total digs (382) and is second in digs per set (4.02).
- Coach Rogers comes into Saturday's match with an overall record of 151-65 (52-26 SUN).
| Keiser |
2023 Stats |
St. Thomas |
| 1140 |
Kills |
750 |
| .210 |
Attack % |
.238 |
| 1063 |
Assists |
701 |
| 227 |
Service Aces |
102 |
| 1379 |
Digs |
843 |
| 133.0 |
Total Blocks |
109.0 |
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