Score: No. 4 Keiser 22, Webber International 7
Records: No. 4 Keiser (1-0), Webber International (1-1)
Location: Multi-Purpose Field, West Palm Beach, Fla.

On opening night, under the lights, No. 4 Women's Lacrosse kicked off the new season in dominant fashion with a 22-7 win over Webber International on their home field in West Palm Beach, Florida.



Keiser 5, Webber 2

• Webber scored the opening goal of the game just under 40 seconds into the contest.
• MacKenzie Gibaud scored the first goal of the season for the Seahawks with 13 minutes on the clock to tie the game.
• She doubled her scoring total four minutes later off Samantha Esher's first assist as a Seahawk.
• Sydney Passaro and Madison Andrews followed with their first goals of the year to put KU up 4-1 with 6:59 on the clock.
• Following a goal from Webber's Bryce Gerber, Esher scored her first as a member of the Seahawks with nine seconds left to give Keiser a 5-2 lead heading into the second quarter.

Keiser 11, Webber 6

• Esher continued her strong performance into the second with a free-position goal at the 13:23 mark.
• The Warriors scored their third goal of the night but not before Talia Myers scored her first of the season to make it 7-3.
• Andrews and Myers had Keiser up by six with 8:18 left in the second quarter.
• Back-to-back goals from the Warriors cut the deficit down to four with just under six minutes to play.
• Myers finished her hat trick at the five-minute mark before Emily McCall scored her first collegiate goal to put KU up 11-5.
• Webber was able to get a goal back with six seconds left in the half to make it 11-6 in favor of the Seahawks going into the break.

Keiser 16, Webber 7

• Esher opened the second half with her third of the night at the 9:34 mark.
• Back-to-back goals just over a minute apart by Andrews put Keiser ahead 14-6 with 5:39 on the clock.
• Following Gerber's fourth goal for Webber, Andrews put in her fifth goal of the night with 48 seconds left in the third.
• Just 16 seconds later, Passaro scored to make it 16-7 going into the final quarter of the night.

Keiser 22, Webber 7

• Andrews started the fourth quarter with a goal at the 12:13 mark to put KU up by 10.
• A trio of first goals of the season followed with Chloe Foley, Leanza Gibaud, and Milena Isturiz all getting on the board.
• Esher scored her fourth of the night before Isturiz scored the final goal of the game to give Keiser a 22-7 win on opening night.

• 8: Passaro led the team with eight points on the night which ties for third-most all-time.
• 8: Emily McCall led the Seahawks with eight draw controls in her debut for Keiser.
• 6: Passaro's six assists are the second-most in a game in program history.
• 6: Andrews picked up where she left off last year with six goals in the game which is tied for the third most in a game in program history.
• 6: Making her debut for the Seahawks in the net, Margaret Wroe stopped six shots
• 5: Rebecca Gibson and Andrews tied for the team lead with five ground balls on the night.
• 5/4: In her first appearance for the Seahawks and against her former team, Esher had five points with four being goals.
• 4: Gibson led the way on the defense with four caused turnovers.

No. 4 Keiser
Points: Passaro (8)
Goals: Andrews (6)
Assists: Passaro (6)
Draw Controls: McCall (8)
Ground Balls: Andrews/Gibson (5)
Caused Turnovers: Gibson (4)
Saves: Wroe (6)
 
Webber International
Points: Gerber (6)
Goals: Gerber (4)
Assists: Gerber (2)
Draw Controls: Patterson (5)
Ground Balls: Hamilton (4)
Caused Turnovers: Hamilton (4)
Saves: Davidson (15)


Keiser will have a few days of rest before facing Georgetown (Ky.) on Monday, February 20 at 11:00 a.m. on the Multi-Purpose Field in West Palm Beach, Fla.
 

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