Score: No. 1 Keiser 16, No. 8 Benedictine (Kan.) 15
Records: No. 1 Keiser (16-1), No. 8 Benedictine (10-4)
Location: Blue Devils Field, Southfield, Mich.
Benedictine 6, Keiser 5

• Chloe Foley scored the first goal of the tournament after 90 seconds of play to put KU up 1-0.
• Sydney Passaro followed on an assist from Foley to put the Seahawks up by two early.
• Benedictine's Kaylen Moore would counter with two goals of her own to tie the game at 2-2 with 10:43 on the clock.
• MacKenzie Gibaud followed with a spin off of her defender before ripping in her first goal of the game.
• Two minutes later Abbey Cannon scored her first of the game to put Keiser up 4-2 with 7:50 showing.
• Back-to-back goals by the Ravens over the next two minutes to tie the game back up at 4-4.
• Gibaud tallied her second of the game with 1:27 left in the quarter to put KU up 5-4.
• Benedictine would get the final two goals of the quarter to take a 6-5 lead heading into the second quarter.

Benedictine 11, Keiser 9

• Three minutes into the second quarter it was Talia Myers who tied the game at 6-6.
• Following a goal from the Ravens, Samantha Esher put herself on the board tying the game at 7-7.
• Cannon got her second of the day with 8:10 showing, giving Keiser an 8-7 advantage.
• Benedictine would go on to score the next three goals and take a 10-8 lead with 6:11 left in the half.
• Myers would get one back for the Seahawks, but the Ravens grabbed the final of the half to take an 11-9 lead into the break. 

Benedictine 14, Keiser 13

• Gibaud kicked off the third quarter with her hat trick goal to cut into the Ravens' lead.
• Two more goals for Benedictine would grow their lead to 13-10 with just 6:27 left in the third.
• At the 4:11 mark, Foley began her takeover, scoring back-to-back goals to cut the lead down to 13-12 with 3:35 still to play in the third.
• Following Marguax Gelbach's fourth goal for the Ravens, Foley scored her fourth of the game to make it 14-13 in favor of Benedictine heading into the final 15 minutes of action.  

Keiser 16, Benedictine 15

• Moore opened the final period with her fifth goal to put Benedictine up 15-13 with 10:08 to play.
• With 8:09 to play, Frew found Myers in the middle of the space who rocketed a shot into the net to pull Keiser within one.
• 40 seconds later, Foley tied the game on a one-timer from Cannon to tie the game at 15-15.
• With just over a minute left, Moore would get called for a charge on a goal that would get wiped off the board and turn the ball over to the Seahawks.
• Rebecca Gibson would clear the ball for the Seahawks with the ball eventually worked to Foley who drew the free position attempt with 12 seconds left.
• Foley would step up and bury the shot into the lower left-hand corner to give Keiser the lead. 
• Myers went on to win the final draw control and keep the ball out of reach, pushing Keiser through to the semifinals.

• 8: Myers controlled the circle with eight draw controls in the contest.
• 7/6: Foley led all scorers in the game with seven points and six goals.
• 4: Sydney Parker led the team with four groundball pickups in the game.
• 3/92: Credited with three caused turnovers in the game, Gibson is now tied for most career caused turnovers in program history with 92.
• 3: Gibaud and Myers each earned hat tricks on the morning with three goals apeice.
• 2: Cannon led the Seahawks in assists with two in the contest.
• 2: Raelyn Boutwell earned her second win of the year in relief with two saves.
• 1/100: With her goal in the early moments of the game, Passaro reached the 100 career points milestone.
• 1-of-5: Keiser was 0-of-4 in free-position shots before Foley's goal in the last seconds of the matchup.

No. 1 Keiser
Points: Foley (7)
Goals: Foley (6)
Assists: Cannon (2)
Draw Controls: Myers (8)
Ground Balls: Parker (4)
Caused Turnovers: Gibson (3)
Saves: Boutwell/Green (2)
 
No. 8 Benedictine
Points: Moore (5)
Goals: Moore (5)
Assists: Frankfurth (2)
Draw Controls: Moore (4)
Ground Balls: Moore/Russell (2)
Caused Turnovers: Moore/Russell (2)
Saves: Stalletti (8)



Keiser advances to the NAIA National Tournament Semifinals where they will face Sun Conference foe, No. 5 SCAD-Savannah who defeated No. 4 Cumberlands, 16-15.

 

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