Recently named No. 1 Keiser women's lacrosse will play their first match donning their new ranking against No. 10 SCAD-Savannah on Saturday afternoon in Hardeeville, S.C. Saturday's game will also be the first Sun Conference game
No. 1 Keiser Seahawks (7-0, 0-0 SUN) vs No. 10 SCAD-Savannah Bees (1-4, 0-0 SUN)
SCAD Athletics Complex (Hardeeville, S.C)
Saturday, March 18, 4:00 PM.
- SCAD owns a 6-0 record all-time against Keiser in the series.
- In their most recent matchup, the Bees knocked the Seahawks out of the NAIA National Championship.
- This will be the third meeting away from home for KU with SCAD winning both previous games.
- Saturday will be the opening day for Sun Conference women's lacrosse with six teams in action across the conference.
- Keiser moved to 7-0 on the year last week with back-to-back wins against Tennessee Wesleyan and Siena Heights.
- The Seahawks recorded their third shutout in program history against the Bulldogs, winning 22-0.
- Two milestones were reached against TWU as Talia Myers and Samantha Esher each tallied their 100th career points in the game.
- KU is getting goals from all over as the Seahawks have 15 different goal scorers on the team.
- Madison Andrews continues to lead the team in points and goals with 34 and 24 respectively.
- After recording 11 assists last week, Abbey Cannon now leads the Seahawks and ranks fifth in the NAIA with 16 on the year.
- The high pressure defense has produced an NAIA-high 131 caused turnovers this season.
- Rebecca Gibson leads the the way with the second most caused turnovers in the NAIA with 24 on the year.
- Gibson also leads the team in groundballs with 21 this season.
- The reigning back-to-back Sun Conference Defensive Player of the Week Talia Myers leads the team with 34 draw controls while ranking second in groundballs(18) and third in caused turnovers(13).
- The battle for the starting goalkeeper rages on with Margaret Wroe and Cassidy Green each vying for the spot.
- With similar minutes through this point in the season, Wroe currently holds the edge with 18 saves but Green allowed two fewer goals than her teammate.
- SCAD-Savannah comes into the game with a 1-4 overall record after falling to Southern Connecticut State on Friday, 21-9.
- The Bees are led offensively by Clarke Haas and Keagan Plume who have scored 13 and 10 goals respectively.
| Keiser |
2023 Stats |
SCAD-Savannah |
| 121 (17.29) |
Goals |
52 (10.40) |
| 73 (10.43) |
Assists |
16 (3.20) |
| 250 (35.71) |
Shots |
124 (24.80) |
| 131 (18.71) |
Caused Turnovers |
36 (7.20) |
| 170 (24.29) |
Groundballs |
80 (16.00) |
| 35 (5.00) |
Saves |
53 (10.60) |
|
Leaders |
|
| Madison Andrews (24) |
Goals |
Clarke Haas (13) |
| Abbey Cannon (16) |
Assists |
Aly De Caro / Molly Wilson (4) |
| Madison Andrews (50) |
Shots |
Clarke Haas (16) |
| Rebecca Gibson (24) |
Caused Turnovers |
Aly De Caro (7) |
| Rebecca Gibson (21) |
Groundballs |
Kambria Barry (11) |
| Margaret Wroe (18) |
Saves |
Lorna Fowles (33) |
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