The Keiser volleyball team advanced to the Sun Conference Semifinals with a 3-1 (25-20, 25-20, 20-25, 25-23) win over the Warner Royals on Tuesday night. It marked the 11th consecutive win for the Seahawks over Warner as Keiser becomes one of the final four teams left in the Sun Conference Tournament for the ninth time in program history.
Brooklynn Slater (17 kills and 14 digs) and Hannah Heide (37 assists and 11 digs) each posted double-doubles in the match while Frederica Silva tied a career high in digs with 16. Sydney Wattles registered 11 kills while hitting a team-best .346.

Sun Conference Quarterfinals
Match Score: Keiser Seahawks 3, Warner Royals 1
Set Scores: (25-20, 25-20, 20-25, 25-23)
Location: Student Life Center (West Palm Beach, Fla.)
Records: Keiser Seahawks (30-10), Warner Royals (7-15)

SET 1 (25-20)
- Set one started off tight with Keiser taking an 11-8 advantage off of five attacking errors by the Royals.
- The Seahawks used a 5-1 run to push their lead to 17-12.
- A mini 3-0 run put Keiser up by seven, 20-13.
- Keiser closed out the set, 25-20, with a kill by Silva.
- The Seahawks hit .326 as a team in the set while the Royals were held to .111
- Six Seahawks hit over.300 in the set.
- Brooklynn Slater led all Seahawks with seven kills (11 shy of setting the Keiser single-season record).
SET 2 (25-20)
- A service ace by Abygale Lester (the team's second service ace of the set) pushed Keiser's lead to 10-7, resulting in a Warner timeout.
- The Royals battled back out of the timeout, using a 5-2 run to tie the match, 12-12.
- After the tie, Keiser scored its third straight to regain the lead, 15-12.
- Two straight errors by WU gave Keiser a four-point advantage, 22-18, causing a Royals' timeout.
- Slater's 10th kill of the night set up set point, 24-19.
- A second straight kill by Slater gave Keiser the 25-20, victory.
SET 3 (WU, 25-20)
- Trailing early, Keiser battled back to tie the set at 6-6.
- The score went back-and-forth with Slater notching kill No. 14 on the night to tie the match, 11-11.
- A 3-0 run by the Royals gave Warner a 14-11 lead.
- After, block assists by Warner (on a Sydney Wattles attack) gave the Royals their largest lead of the night, 22-17, Keiser called a timeout.
- The Royals closed out the set, 25-20, cutting the Keiser lead, 2-1.
- The Seahawks committed a match-high 10 errors in the set while the Royals produced their best (.250).
SET 4 (KU, 25-23)
- A 5-1 run to start the match by the Seahawks forced the Royals to call an early timeout.
- Slater tied the school record for kills in a season, giving Keiser a 7-3 lead (615, tied with Abbie Seward in 2018).
- The kill was part of a 6-1 run which gave the Seahawks an 11-4 edge.
- Warner used a 4-0 run to pull within three, 11-8.
- Keiser called a timeout after three consecutive points by the Royals cut the Seahawks lead to 19-17.
- The Seahawks maintain their lead to take the set and the match.

- Outside hitter Brooklynn Slater finished the night with a match-high 17 kills, tying Abbie Seward (2018) for the single-season record with 615.
- Slater leads the Sun Conference and the nation in total kills.
- Slater also recorded 14 digs for her 14th double-double of the season.
- Setter Hannah Heide recorded 37 assists on Tuesday, increasing her season total to 1,365 assists.
- Her 1,365 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 (4,134).
- She became the first player in Keiser history to reach the 4,000-assist plateau.
- Heide also led the Seahawks with 11 digs for her 19th double-double of the season.
- Erika Magin led all Seahawks with 17 digs to increase her career total to 2,144 - all-time leader in Keiser history.
- Magin leads the conference with 583 digs and is second in digs per set (4.05).
- Keiser moves to 30-10 on the year with Tuesday's win.
- It marks the third time the Seahawks reached the 30-win plateau in a season.
- With the win, Keiser advances to the Sun Conference Semifinals for the ninth time in program history.
- The 30 wins are tied for the third most in a season for the Seahawks under Head Coach James Rogers.
- With the win, Keiser improves to 19-21 all-time versus the Royals.
- With the win, Keiser has won 11 straight versus WU.
- The Seahawks improve to 7-12 all-time in the Sun Conference Tournament.
- Keiser is now 4-5 in SUN Quarterfinal matches.
- Keiser improves to 2-2 all-time versus the Royals in Sun Conference Tournament action.
- With the victory, the Seahawks improved to 10-5 in home matches this season and 10-7 all-time versus the Royals at the SLC.
- With the win on Tuesday, Head Coach James Rogers moves to 162-68 all-time at Keiser.
The Seahawks will travel to Miami Gardens, Florida, for the Sun Conference Semifinals on Friday, November 10. Keiser will face the No. 2 seed Southeastern Fire. First serve is set for 4:00 PM.
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