The Keiser volleyball team travels to Miami Gardens, Florida, to face the Southeastern Fire in the Sun Conference Semifinals on Friday, November 10. First serve from the Fernandez Family Center is set for 4:00 PM.
The Seahawks are making their ninth appearance in the conference semifinals after downing Warner, 3-0, on Tuesday. Friday's semis will mark the first meeting between the Seahawks and Fire in the Sun Conference Tournament all-time.
Keiser Seahawks (30-10 - No. 3 seed) vs.
Southeastern Fire (21-4 - No. 2 seed)
Friday, November 10, 2023 - 4:00 PM
Fernandez Family Center, Miami Gardens, Fla.
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- Friday's game will mark the 35th meeting all-time between the Seahawks and Fire.
- The Seahawks trail the series history, 19-15.
- The last meeting between the two teams took place earlier this year with Keiser falling to Southeastern, 3-0 (25-20, 25-23, 25-17), on October 28, 2023, in West Palm Beach, Fla.
- The last time the Fire and Seahawks faced off, Hannah Heide became the first player Seahawks' history to register 4,000 assists in a career.
- Keiser enters Friday, looking to snap a two-match losing streak to the Fire.
- Friday marks the first neutral-site contest featuring both teams in the series history.
- Friday will mark the first meeting all-time between the two sides in the Sun Conference Tournament.
- Keiser is making its ninth appearance in the SUN Semifinals all-time.
- The Seahawks are 7-12 all-time in the SUN postseason tournament, including a 2-6 record in the semifinals.
- Keiser enters Friday's contest with a 30-10 record.
- The 30 wins are the tied for third-most by a Keiser squad under Head Coach James Rogers.
- It marks the third season in Keiser history in which the team reached 30 wins.
- Sophomore attacker Brooklynn Slater was named the Sun Conference Player of the Year on Thursday.
- Slater leads the NAIA and the conference in kills (615).
- Slater's 615 kills this season are tied for the school's single-season record with Abbie Seward (2018).
- Slater is the only NAIA player this season to reach the 600-kill plateau.
- Slater enters Friday with 1,030 for her career.
- Four Seahawks earned all-conference honors this week (Slater, Hannah Heide, Sydney Wattles, and Erika Magin).
- Hannah Heide leads the conference and the nation in assists (1,365).
- 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.
- Sydney Wattles is second in the SUN in attack percentage (.328).
- Wattles leads the Seahawks and the conference with 57 service aces on the year. 0.40 in service aces per set.
- Erika Magin entered the year as Keiser's all-time leader in digs and comes into Friday's match with 2,144 for her career.
- Magin leads the conference in total digs (583) and is second in digs per set (4.04).
- Coach Rogers comes into Friday's match with an overall record of 162-68.
| Keiser |
2023 Stats |
Southeastern |
| 1783 |
Kills |
1108 |
| .214 |
Attack % |
.231 |
| 1676 |
Assists |
1028 |
| 305 |
Service Aces |
131 |
| 2174 |
Digs |
1341 |
| 209.0 |
Total Blocks |
169.0 |
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