Keiser Seahawks (0-0, 0-0 SUN) at
Florida Memorial Lions (0-0, 0-0 SUN)
Wednesday, February 15, 2023 - 6:30 PM
Bunche Park (Miami Gardens, Fla.)
The Seahawks open the 2023 season with a Sun Conference game at Florida Memorial on Wednesday, February 15. Game time is set for 6:30 PM. Keiser is coming off a 2022 campaign in which the Seahawks went 13-4 (8-2 SUN), advancing to the NAIA National Semifinals. The Seahawks return 11 student-athletes from last year, including all-conference honorees
Jazmin Rhoden and
Kennedy Foster.
Florida Memorial Series: KU leads 4-0
Last Time: Keiser 19, Florida Memorial 0 - March 31, 2022 (Miami Gardens, Fla.)
Recap | Box Score
In West Palm Beach, Florida: 3-0
In Miami Gardens, Florida: 1-0
Streak: KU won 4
- The Seahawks enter Year Three under Head Coach Justin Hilliker.
- Keiser enters this season with an all-time record of 26-5.
- The Seahawks have 11 returners and eight newcomers that comprise this year's roster.
- All-conference selections Jazmin Rhoden and Kennedy Foster return for their third season with the Seahawks.
- Rhoden threw for 3,666 yards last season with 51 passing TDs.
- Foster grabbed a school-record 103 passes for 1,050 yards, becoming KU's first player to reach 1,000 receiving yards in a single season.
- The Seahawks averaged 27.2 points per game while allowing just 9.8 per contest.
- Keiser's defense held the opposition under 20 point in 16 of the team's 17 total games, including five shutouts.
- The Seahawks defense also recorded 28 interceptions in 2022 with seven resulting in defensive TDs.
- Sophomore Sa'mya Bryant is coming off a freshman campaign in which the Boynton Beach native set the school record for total flag pulls (96).
- Reigan Pellegrino (RUSH) produced a program-best 17.0 sacks and 21.0 tackles for loss in her first year with the Seahawks.
- In both games combined versus the Lions last season, the Seahawks held FMU to a total of 100 yards of total offense (51 and 49).
- Last season, the Seahawks held a 46-7 edge in scoring over the Lions.
- Wednesday's game will mark the second straight season opener on the road for the Seahawks.
2022 STATISTICS
- Sa'mya Bryant: 96.0 total flag pulls, 6.0 TFL, 1.0 Sacks, 2 INT (1 TD), 9 PBU
- Maria Vega: 66.0 total flag pulls, 4.0 TFL, 8 INT (4 TDs), 7 PBU, 1 QBH
- Ariana Payne: 63.0 total flag pulls, 3 INT (1 TD), 14 PBU
- Reigan Pellegrino: 50.0 total flag pulls, 21.0 TFL, 17.0 Sacks, 24 QBH, 3 PBU
- Sydney Woodman: 50.0 total flag pulls, 5 INT, 11 PBU
- Allyson Goolsby: 43.0 total flag pulls, 6.0 TFL, 4 INT (1 TD), 10 PBU
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