
Score: No. 1 Keiser 6, No. 5 SCAD 20
Records: No. 1 Keiser (16-2), No. 5 SCAD (12-5)
Location: Blue Devils Field, Southfield, Mich.
No. 1 Keiser women's lacrosse fought to the very end of their semifinal contest but it would not be enough as the No. 5 SCAD Bees proved to be too much, winning 20-6.
After the end of the tournament,
Talia Myers was selected to be on the All-Tournament Team.
SCAD 6, Keiser 1
- SCAD opened the game with a goal at the 13:06 mark to take the 1-0 lead.
- The Bees would use the early momentum to jump out to a 6-0 lead with 5:18 left.
- Keiser would get on the board with a free position goal by Samantha Esher with 4:55 remaining in the first.
SCAD 11, Keiser 4
- The Seahawks carried the momentum into the second quarter with Esher tallying her second goal of the game with 13:37 on the clock.
- Just over a minute later, MacKenzie Gibaud got on the board to cut the lead down to 6-3.
- Milena Isturiz continued the run with a woman-up, free position goal with 10:37 showing.
- Clarke Haas would end the Keiser run with her third goal of the game at the 9:56 mark.
- SCAD would once again go on a run, scoring five unanswered to finish the half with an 11-4 lead.
SCAD 17, Keiser 4
- The Bees opened the second half with a draw control win into a goal after just 15 seconds of play.
- The remainder of the quarter would be all SCAD as the Bees continued their scoring stretch with five more goals in the quarter.
SCAD 20, Keiser 6
- SCAD continued to score through the beginning of the fourth, adding two goals in the first four minutes of the quarter and extending the lead to 19-4.
- Keiser did not quit on the game, and Talia Myers scored at the 6:19 mark.
- Esher followed with her hat trick goal with 4:19 remaining to make it 19-6.
- The Bees scored the final goal of the game to make it 20-6 and advance to the NAIA National Championship.
- 8: Cassidy Green stopped eight shots in net for the Seahawks which was the second-most in her career.
- 3: Keiser converted each of their free-position shots with Gibaud, Esher, and Isturiz all converting.
- 3: Esher led the offensive attack on the day with her sixth hat trick of the season.
- 3/1: Myers led the way in the circle with three draw controls and tallied the lone assist in the game for the Seahawks.
- 2: Isturiz recorded two caused turnovers in the contest to lead KU.
- 2: Hayley Frew and Myers each had two groundballs in the game.
- 4-3: Keiser falls to 5-3 all time in the NAIA postseason, 1-2 in semifinal games.
No. 1 Keiser
Points: Esher (3)
Goals: Esher (3)
Assists: Myers (1)
Draw Controls: Myers (3)
Ground Balls: Myers/Frew (2)
Caused Turnovers: Isturiz (2)
Saves: Green (8)
No. 5 SCAD
Points: De Caro (8)
Goals: Haas (7)
Assists: De Caro/Jackson (2)
Draw Controls: De Caro (12)
Ground Balls: Fowles (3)
Caused Turnovers: De Caro (2)
Saves: Fowles (5)
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