With just two matches left in the regular season, the Keiser volleyball team host the No. 22-ranked St. Thomas Bobcats on Wednesday, November 1st. First serve from the Student Life Center is set for 7:00 PM.
Keiser is looking to hand the Bobcats their first conference loss of the season and solidify the No. 3 seed in the upcoming Sun Conference Volleyball Tournament (November 7-11).
Keiser Seahawks (28-9, 8-4 SUN) vs.
No. 22 St. Thomas Bobcats (21-2, 12-0 SUN)
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 - 7:00 PM
Student Life Center, West Palm Beach, Fla.
WATCH LIVE: Keiser Sports Network
LIVE STATS: SIDEARM STATS
ADMISSION: General Admission $8 / Students, Faculty, and Staff Free
- Wednesday will mark the 45th meeting all-time between the Seahawks and Bobcats.
- The Seahawks trail the series history, 30-14.
- The last meeting between the two teams took place earlier this year with Keiser falling to St. Thomas, 3-1 (25-14, 25-14, 19-25, 26-16), on October 4, 2023, in Miami Gardens, Fla.
- The last time the Bobcats and Seahawks faced off, Hannah Heide logged 31 assists, Brooklynn Slater picked up 10 kills, and Erika Magin chipped in 15 digs.
- Keiser is looking to snap a six match losing skid to the Bobcats.
- The Seahawks are 10-11 all-time versus the Bobcats in games played at the SLC.
- Saturday will mark the 25th conference match between the two sides.
- Keiser trails the conference series history, 23-11.
- Keiser enters Saturday's contest with a 28-9 record (8-4 SUN).
- The 28 wins are the fourth-most by a Keiser squad under Head Coach James Rogers.
- The Seahawks are current third in the Sun Conference Standings (with two match to go in the regular season).
- Sophomore attacker Brooklynn Slater leads the NAIA in kills (571).
- Slater's 571 kills this season are the second most in a season by a Seahawk.
- Slater is the first NAIA player this season to reach the 500-kill plateau.
- The product of Las Vegas, Nevada, also leads the nation in points (646.5) and is seventh in points per set (4.9).
- Slater has moved into fifth-place in career kills at Keiser (986).
- The Seahawks are first in the NAIA in total kills (1,625), assists (1,527) and is fourth in total service aces (285).
- Hannah Heide leads the conference and the nation in assists (1,248).
- Her 1,248 assists this season are the third most all-time in a single season at Keiser.
- The native of Jupiter, Florida, is the school's all-time leader in assists (4,017).
- She became the first player in Keiser history to reach the 4,000-assist plateau.
- Heide is only the second player in Keiser history with 3,000-or-more assists.
- Sydney Wattles leads the conference with 91 total blocks.
- Wattles is second in the SUN in attack percentage (.337).
- Wattles and Slater also lead the Sun Conference in services aces (52).
- Erika Magin entered the year as Keiser's all-time leader in digs and comes into Wednesday's match with 2,107 for her career.
- Magin became the first player in Keiser volleyball history to reach the 2000-dig plateau.
- Magin leads the conference in total digs (521) and is second in digs per set (4.05).
- Her 539 digs are the fifth-most in a season at Keiser.
- Coach Rogers comes into Wednesday's match with an overall record of 160-67 (56-27 SUN).
| Keiser |
2023 Stats |
St. Thomas |
| 1625 |
Kills |
1083 |
| .217 |
Attack % |
.243 |
| 1527 |
Assists |
1000 |
| 285 |
Service Aces |
151 |
| 1989 |
Digs |
1227 |
| 193.0 |
Total Blocks |
168.0 |
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